Author Archives: Cheryl Wipper

Here’s to the Creators!

A Surviving Facts Blog Imagine turning on the TV (we’re talking the 1990s here) to listen to an address from a then well-liked NYC mayor. He’s talking about a topic you care about deeply- affordable housing. In fact, since you and your spouse have moved to New York from Oklahoma- the entire U-Haul across theContinue reading “Here’s to the Creators!”

Bungee Jump

Into the Wilderness: Story 31 Have you ever bungee jumped? I’m standing on a bridge being locked into crisscrossing, crotch wrenching harnesses. My attendant, whose hair is longer than mine and who uses “fire” in every grammatical form, is diligent, locking and tugging and locking and tugging until I am quite surely locked and tugged.Continue reading “Bungee Jump”

Walking the Moon Again

Into the Wilderness: story 30 When I started this blog four years ago, I was writing mostly to recover from Catina’s assault, an event that led to a healing journey across multiple states and therapeutic centers; numerous psychometric and psychological assessments; and even a lawsuit. It was unfamiliar typography- craggy and airless, hard to getContinue reading “Walking the Moon Again”

Stigma

A Surviving Facts Blog Even with so much body positivity across social media and other platforms, weight continues to be an acceptable bias. Even with science beginning to understand the mechanics of metabolism and weight gain, many doctors still don’t seem to understand the difference between men’s bodies and women’s bodies, the difference in ourContinue reading “Stigma”

Welcome Work

Raising Autism 202 Athena got a job. Her first. She works at a “doggie day care” and spends her days watching and walking dogs, feeding them, cleaning up their messes. This may seem a normal “next step” for an 18-year-old, but Athena is on the spectrum. She does not recognize the emotions on people’s faces,Continue reading “Welcome Work”

The Truth

into the Wilderness: Story 27 Catina and I just finished listening to the Podcast musical “36 Questions,” featuring Jessie Shelton and Jonathan Groff (you may remember him as King George in “Hamilton”). Told in 3 Acts, the musical features a divorcing couple grappling with a broken relationship, lies and second chances using the 36 questionsContinue reading “The Truth”