Author Archives: My Bleeding Ink

That Time I Had Sleep Apnea, and Then Had Sleep Apnea (Subtitled: When My Wife Literally, Not Figuratively, Saved My Life)

Posted on August 3, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

So y’know that thing where people say their spouse saved their life? Sometimes metaphorical or symbolic, sometimes literal. Well this is the story of how my wife literally, not figuratively, saved my life. With a subplot about how I was … Continue reading →

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I Mean, Is It a Midlife Crisis If You’ve Felt This Way Since You Were 12??

Posted on May 16, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

So Imma be 49 any day now. And the longer I live, the more I don’t understand why. Why I’m still alive, or really why I was born in the first place. I’ve always struggled with the meaning of it … Continue reading →

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An Ingenious Way to Live

Posted on April 28, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

“Disability is not a ‘brave struggle’ or ‘courage in the face of adversity’…disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live.”~Neil Marcus, 1993 When you’re disabled, you gotta figure out new and different ways to do things in a … Continue reading →

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