Life through the Lens of Parkinson's
Parkinson's changes life. It's still life.
Rainbows are introduced in the Bible as a sign from God. They symbolize hope and pride and little girl magic. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 62 copyright 2025 Despite being a little girl at some point, I don’t believe in unicorns and rainbows. I’m not made of sugar and spice and everything nice. I … Continue reading Unicorns and Rainbows
By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog post 61 copyright 2025 Part I Our Meet Cute It’s time for me to write something about Frank. My soulmate. My soul. My Honey. It’s been three months since Frank passed. I’m doing the work of grieving. I don’t know what it’s supposed to look like. I only know what … Continue reading I owe you one–or a dozen
It's more than a meme to me. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 60. Copyright 2024 “Come with me if you want to live.” This catchphrase was first uttered By Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future, in the 1984 film The Terminator. That’s the way I hear the voices of Parkinson’s sometimes. It’s as … Continue reading Come with me if you want to live
Frank, 50 at the time, carries a 200-pound rock to grow stronger. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 59. Copyright 2024 When I first went to Big and Loud therapy for Parkinson's, my speech therapist suggested that I make a list of 10 phrases that I say every day. I started with "I love you." … Continue reading My Honey: My Care Partner
“Other Grandma says she loves me, and I think she does. She at least likes me because when she reads to me, she always lets me look at a page in my book as long as I like." By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 58. Copyright 2024 Did you grow up with an Other Grandma? … Continue reading Other Grandma
The process of learning what foods we like can be fun. It's not so fun to find out what we don't like. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 57. Copyright 2024 Maybe I am the recipient of a little bit of poetic justice. When I met my future daughter-in-law, I thought she was polite and … Continue reading The Clean Plate Club
The view from my chair is comforting. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 56. Copyright 2023 The governor of Maine was on the screen of my family room TV in Metro Atlanta. But as I listened to her update the press about the shooter in the two terrible attacks in Lewiston, I didn’t hear the … Continue reading A Sense of Place
My rainbow is imperfect. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 55. Copyright 2023 I was working with a client in the writing center. We had been crowded that day. Lots of papers were due. This student’s professor was a stickler for grammar rules. The student writer had a pronoun antecedent disagreement issue. “A child develops … Continue reading Pride and Shame
My walker represents independence to me, but to others it says there's something wrong with me. By Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog Post 54. Copyright 2023 The Boy was three when he first encountered a little person. The man was about my son's height, middle-aged with a larger head than my son's and smiling from a … Continue reading What’s wrong?
Grandma Swartz and Jonah by Teresa Swartz Roberts Blog post 53. Copyright 2023 “A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."--Carl Sandburg Grandma Roberts and Jonah "A baby is God's opinion that I should go on."Soon-to-be Grandma Grandma Shirley and Jonah I wonder sometimes what my purpose is, why I continue. Like … Continue reading The World Should Go On
Life through the Lens of Parkinson's 