Libby Walkup
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40-yr-old nonbinary, demisquared, neurodivergent personal essayist and poet. Go deep into your writing practice with me at THE(slow)POET for two weeks of free access to meditations on slow living, creative practice, and writing prompts.
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Being Diagnosed with Autism is the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me
Have you heard of Spoon Theory? It was created by Christine Miserandino in her essay “The Spoon Theory” in which her friend asks her what it’s like to have lupus. She writes “…that the difference in being sick and being healthy is having to make choices or to consciously think about things when the rest of the world doesn’t have to.” Miserandino collects the spoons from around the restaurant they’re in, hands them to her friend, and says, “You have lupus.”
By Libby Walkup4 years ago in Journal
Chasing the Moon. Top Story - January 2022.
It's December here in Minnesota, but the nights haven't managed to get so cold that I have to hole myself up. There were a few years after it happened and before I left that I'd gear myself up in snow pants and wrap a scarf so many times around my face only my eyes showed.
By Libby Walkup4 years ago in Fiction
