“physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment of a chronic incurable degenerative disease.” TalkingWalkingDiseaseIllnessInstanceDisabilityEmbodiment Book:Carnal Acts: Essays Source: Carnal Acts: Essays
“God is no White Knight who charges into the world to pluck us like distressed damsels from the jaws of dragons, or diseases. God chooses to become present to and through us. It is up to us to rescue one another.” WorldGodWhiteDiseaseDragonsRescueKnightsPluck Author:Nancy Mairs