by Linda Olson | Jul 30, 2019 | Amputee, Linda Olson, Parkinson's, Speaker
The square, black and yellow boxes hide in a corner of our dining room. Relics of the pre-digital era, they contain Kodak slide carousels, those circular containers with 80 or 140 slots for 35 mm slides which are mounted upside down and backwards for projection...
by Linda Olson | Jun 7, 2019 | Linda Olson, Parkinson's, Travel
I’m just about the luckiest person around. When I get tired, I just pull my fake legs off and bribe my granddaughter, Sierra, to carry them. Her mom is more than happy to relinquish the job. The only problem is that Dave takes me seriously, deciding the top...
by Linda Olson | Mar 12, 2019 | Linda Olson
I’m going to be the Mother of the Groom later this year. So, since it has been raining all month in San Diego, wedding dress shopping seemed like a good “Get Out and Go” activity for me. A little family history is in order here. When Dave and I got married, there were...
by Linda Olson | Nov 5, 2018 | Courageous Stories, Linda Olson
41 YEARS AGO “I, David, take thee, Linda, to be my wedded wife…” I can’t wait to hear those words, but I’ve got a few more hours to go. It was just after noon as I finished dictating the last Upper GI exam, pulled down the films and shoved them into the x-ray folder....
by Linda Olson | Aug 26, 2018 | Courageous Stories, Linda Olson
It’s that time again. Mid-August. Long, hot, muggy days. And this year, unrelenting smoky skies. August holds a day that turned my life upside-down. Thirty seconds late in the month—the small amount of time it took for both legs and one arm to be severed from my body....
by Linda Olson | Jul 10, 2018 | Linda Olson, Travel
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS For several days now, I’ve been looking at the welcome picture on Cristen and Jim’s Outside Is the Best Side homepage. I suspect the feet in that photo are getting a well-deserved rest after hiking, climbing, or biking into a breath-taking expanse of...
