The second half of last night’s NFC championship game was a little bit intense for me. But, my man and his team pulled it off! I changed my Facebook profile picture accordingly:
Sean sent that tweet to me last night and it was striking how deep it was and I really liked it! Sean always says that I turned my back on the Detroit Lions but really, I have just followed my LOVE of Matthew Stafford! That love has been there since 2009 when Sean started playing peewee football.
I didn’t pay attention to this commentary last night because I was busy texting Sean and my friends about his victory but I loved seeing it again, this morning:
"If the Rams play like how they played tonight, they have a good formula heading into the Super Bowl."@TroyAikman & Joe @Buck react to the Rams NFC Championship win.
I shared the reply with my friends because I am so happy that Matthew Stafford is going to the Super Bowl!!! I am elated in fact!!! I have NEVER had a horse in the race for the big game!
My Mom gave Leia a bath today. I really appreciate that because she smells so good and Leia knows how good she looks! So much so that now that she is almost 3, she’s a teenager and so she has to pose in pictures and that’s what she’s doing. My ‘Kate Moss’ Looks so regal!!!: (AND she smells good too!!!)
I feel that I am having somewhat of an, “MS-y” day! I have been working with my speech pathologist and what we have started doing is to have me read children’s books. I understand this because my background in reading tells me that to read books with lots of alliteration helps with speaking. I decided to try this book because it is my absolute favorite and I must have read it to Sean 1 million times!:
I got lost in my memories the first time I read it. I was back living in my Parents’ house and sleeping in my bedroom growing up with a crib next to my bed. It was comforting to read the book and to read it out loud that helps with my speech but it reminded me of reading it to my child! I have decided that if I was going to pick up colors for today it would be brown. I have added the two pages that explain a “Brown day” and I think that’s how I feel right about now…
My speech pathologist wants me to read it aloud daily and I also have to dictate unedited text messages to her. I appreciate all of the work she is doing with me too help me to keep as much of my speech as I can for as long as I can. I still have a lot of work to do today but it is a brown day so I am not motivated…
I have been listening to this Sara Bareilles song every day for a long while! I only listen to it when my Mom is taking Leia for a walk because she says it is depressing.
for me, it is NOT depressing! It actually is autobiographical. I saw this picture on Facebook not too long ago and it made me think of this song because for me, that girl really IS gone but she used to be mine!
My Mom is out taking Leia for a walk so you know what I am listening to and I am lost in memories of being able bodied…
And somehow, I am comforted with this song in this moment of sadness.
I have since reconnected with a high school friend and we talk football all of the time! Right after the Stafford trade, I told him that I already bought a jersey for Sean. I told John that he hast to wear this for me because I love Matthew Stafford!:
That picture was taken in the summer add my nephew’s graduation party. I knew that was going to be a good investment! Well, I didn’t KNOW that it would be but I knew that I would always LOVE Matthew Stafford!
I was on the fence about becoming a true Rams fan in the beginning of the season and as the weeks went by, he told me that he is sorry but I already AM a Rams fan! He lives in Texas and he sent me this for Christmas:
I talk with one other high school friend who has not been a believer in Matthew Stafford ever and I constantly defend him and put faith in him for the next season!
So the game started and I was flying high with tons of, “Woos” to go around and lots of clapping And, “ I love you Matty!” My Mom had left to go to her house so I was alone to watch the game. I was having a great time until the second half started after I received this text but I already knew it so I was nervous:
And then I received this text from my other friend:
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And then the game ended and all was well! I texted my Barwis trainer, Adam, (who I called Phil). I had previously sent him my Facebook profile picture where Matthew Stafford won his first playoff game. I actually watched Monday night football with Adam one night at Barwis and so he witnessed firsthand May, “I love you Matty!” Shouts!
I texted him this about Sunday’s game:
And he responded to me with:
My friend texted me this fact that he saw in a twee later in the evening:
And then I share that fact with our other high school friend:
And then I sent him this and here is his response:
I really can’t believe that this is happening! Well, actually I CAN believe it but I really can’t! Then I saw the Tweet from GMFB today which made me happy!!!
What's your opinion of Matthew Stafford after beating Tom Brady and the Buccaneers❓❓❓@KyleBrandt – "This is what we've been waiting for with Matthew Stafford since he came out of @GeorgiaFootball!!" pic.twitter.com/GhlvUjsGwt
I am excited because I have never had a horse in the race this far into the playoffs but I’m happy to say that I am consistent! Sean gives me a lot of junk for abandoning the Lions but I told him that I have always been a Matthew Stafford sand and then I’m consistent! I treated this to him after the Game because he KNOWS that I love him!!!
My friend told me to call her husband and talk smack to him about Matthew winning but I was so tired yesterday but a good way!
I clearly remember hearing this song playing in the background as the announcers were talking while I was watching the Cardinals v Rams Wildcard Game. I thought that I would write a blog post about this song because it was so random that I heard it. I remember being 11 years old and buying this single tape with my OWN money because I liked this song so much! It was $2.99 and I felt it was totally worth it because I had my own tape player and I could listen to it endlessly, which I did!
I just read on Facebook this morning that Meatloaf has died. I feel kind of morbid posting this today but I have been thinking about this since that game and I figured I’d share it now:
Very shortly after I joined Facebook (20 years too late), I, “Friended” and “Liked” their page. They are: MS Memes and more Multiple Sclerosis Awareness. There wasn’t a Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month when I was first diagnosed. It was about 10 years after I was diagnosed that there was one week in March. I have posted many pictures about my T-shirt sales back when I was working. Now, the ENTIRE month is dedicated to Multiple sclerosis Awareness!!!
Oh, I am aware of it every second of every single day for the past 21+ years!!! MS Awareness Month is approaching so I have been receiving a lot of posts from them in my Facebook feed. I feel special that they chose March to be that month of recognition because that is ALSO my “Birthday Month!” I saw this meme yesterday and have thought about it since:
When I read this meme, a song immediately popped into my head by India.Arie. That took me back to my college days when I was still driving and was just on crutches.
I reposted a blog post from 2018 because it talked about a poetry slam I did when I was in school for my African-American studies class. I listened to that song and stayed in my memories for a while. I listened to this song before I am about to post it and I revisited those same memories and seem to be there right now:
I have been seeing my speech pathologist for a little over a month now. Because of the pandemic, our visits are virtual. I meet with her every week for about 30 minutes. We talk on the phone. She originally had lists of words for me to read which progressed to sentences and now she sends me articles for me to read for us to discuss at the next appointment.
Yesterday, she told me that she wants me to call her work phone and leave a message. She wanted me to leave text messages. The first message is an unedited and then I can edit the message because that’s how I am! I told my Mom last night about the text messages I was going to send her but my Mon reminded me that her neighbor sends her audio messages because she cannot spell well.
Because I have been using my voice to text capability for so long on my phone, it has gotten used to how I sound when I say things. It even texts the word, “Abuela” because I use that word so much when I text Sean. I left Meira two audio messages. The first message was 24 seconds long and the second message is 28 seconds long. I think she will leave me a message tomorrow to tell me if that form of communication works. I can’t get over how difficult speaking is for me now! I even cried yesterday at our appointment because it is SO difficult now! She has told me that overworking the muscles in my jaw will help me to speak better for longer.
She has told me that I am doing very well and I think it is good that I use my voice to text capability when I blog on my iPad as well. That’s another reason that I try to post daily. I will let you all know what she thinks of my messages tomorrow or whenever she answers me?
