Ambrosia Maple. Exquisite flowing salmon and verdant green colorations in the maple, dotted with dark coloured dashes. Also named Worm Wood. The salmon and green splashes come from fungus, the dark dashes from insects. This ‘disabled’ wood furniture serves as my most precious piece of art. You are precious, because you are you. With or without a label.
Finances, where you live, future dreams, maintaining intimacy with your partner. You do need support, don’t wish to burden family – and you don’t want help from well-wishers who just don’t get it. The disability is not the issue, so much as grief and having time to adjust, to shape your identity when Society and even family sometimes can make it tough.
