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5 year old girl wearing a beat up, white cowboy hat, white gloves, a blue polka dot dressing gown as a cape, floral shorts jumpsuit, and face and legs painted to look like a clown.

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5-year-old girl, outdoors, wearing a white beat up cowboy hat, floral hot pants jumpsuit, white gloves, and adult blue polka dot housecoat as a cape. Face and legs painted to resemble a clown
Me, at 5 dressed as a clown.

I’m Wesdyne, a disabled old gal living in a hamlet near Edmonton, Alberta. My name is pronounced Wes-den. My dad wanted a cowboy. My name is made up of two cowboy names, Wes and Dean.

Topics

Collage, Penguin using a balloon to safely travel over shark filled water, woman tending a raised garden, assorted colourful balls of yarn with a small rainbow coloured knit sample, bucket of household cleaning tools, stack of books
Overcoming Obstacles, Zone 3 Gardening, Knitting, Domestic Engineer, Books

This blog gives daily living tips for people aging, recovering from injuries, living with a disability, or who want to save time and energy.

  • I’m a retired therapist so expect tips on creative problem solving.
  • Gardening for those of us who don’t kneel.
  • Knitting tricks I’m learning. I’m a novice knitter.
  • Cleaning tips to save time and energy.
  • Reviews of books I’m reading, mainly humour.
Image of a large golden dog laying on the floor beside her toys, equity represented by a scale showing people with body differences being of equal value to people in typical bodies, cornbread cooked in a small cast iron frying pan, concept of the brain as being either creative or scientific.
Bell, my dog, Disability Rights, Cooking (cornbread in a frying pan), concept of a brain.
  • Bell, my ding-a-ling Bernadoodle puppy
  • Disability Rights in Alberta and Canada
  • Cooking – if it turns out well
  • Basic Neurology – dispelling myths

My Disability

I have an Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, MS. The physical symptoms, walking, talking, facial droop and strength come and go. The multiple lesions(sclerosis) in my brain mean I live with fatigue. When I’m tired my the right side of my face droops and I have no strength or balance. MS causes my corpus callosum to thin, resulting in a few autistic like symptoms, anxiety, social overload, and being dreadfully forthright. The spelling and grammar mistakes are just me.

About Me

I was born in the 60s, became disabled in 2004, and stopped looking for work in January 2025. My two main jobs were teaching Art History and working as an Expressive Arts Therapist.

Working as an Expressive Arts Therapist, wearing a hat I created with a client.

Today, my hair is white and short. Most people with MS have a second autoimmune disorder, mine is alopecia. My hair all fell out and grew back white. I like it. Heck, it’s hair.

I’m married to Stan. He builds amazing furniture and plays guitar. Stan and I got together a year after my diagnosis, in 2004. He’s either brave or insane for choosing a wife who has a disability.

Stan and I in our backyard at our old house in Edmonton.

That’s the introduction. If you have questions put them in the comments. I will respond.

Thanks for reading!

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