Having fun with my nieces!

my nieces hop on my wheelchair. "spin jessica!!" they exclaim as they grip my wheelchair in anticipation for movement.

we spin. left. right. back-and forth. around and around. and all over again.

...... then we get dizzy.

Playing with Payton

She pointed at my teeth and said "teeth!"

A D E L E

Because you can't fix crazy.

When you were first dating, he told you the horror stories about all the relationships that had ended in disaster. But you weren’t without a few horror stories of your own so, naturally, you gave him the benefit of the doubt. You cursed those hussies for kicking him to the curb, never dreaming that one day you would want to do the same. But now everything is so clear; they didn’t kick him anywhere, they ran screaming for their lives, as far away from the crazy as they could get, because you can’t fix crazy.

Once I realized what I was up against, I thought I was clever enough to outsmart crazy. I thought I’d be able to wait it out, to let it pass. Outwit it, kill it with kindness and drown it in sanity. I thought that I had enough love in me to quiet the storms of crazy that roiled and thundered and never seemed to abate. I guess that was my own form of crazy. But crazy is infectious and if you hang around it long enough it begins to drag you down. Truth be told, I tried to save him, even though deep down, I knew that wasn’t my job. And I know that was crazy. I wish I could go back and do the whole thing over again because I think I’d see his crazy sooner than later and I could swerve out of his path and avoid the whole head-on collision


-rachel gladstone

Clear out the smoke and usher in the light

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

my artwork

some of my artwork printed on cards.

5 cards and 5 envelopes = $5

email blondieonwheels@yahoo.com for more information.

RED.

Misconceptions.

I made this video for when I was in the Ms. Wheelchair Utah pageant. My intention of creating it is to show the abilities that people with disabilities are capable of. Many uneducated people don't quite understand the realities that people with disabilities create. Hopefully this video will show you. If not, maybe you should step out of the box and become more educated.

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

The edge.

“If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space.”

Something to stare at.

The other day, a girl at the mall was staring at me and said out loud: "that poor girl in a wheelchair" my nieces were dumbfounded and said: "pffftt! She is not poor have you seen all the cute clothes in her closet!!"


We are not poor...we are rich with love and laughter.

You are such an inspiration.

If I am going to "inspire you" I hope its because I inspired you to do something you never thought you could do or...... inspired you to think "outside of the box" or inspired you to wear something funky.

Hopefully it wouldn't be just because I am sitting down and you aren't. :)

Halloween 2010!

cheerleaders.

two of my nieces are 7 years old. they are twins. one of them likes pink and the other likes purple. they love high school musical, Hannah Montana, trying on my clothes, plays, finger nail polish, peter pan, tinkerbell and anything that glitters, just to name a few.

they also like to draw. they drew this picture of themselves as east high cheerleaders. if you look to the right you will see me. do you see that black line that they drew around me? that is a wheelchair.

yep, a wheelchair.

and dont you forget it.

3d glasses girls.

My nieces and I going to see Despicable me with our 3D glasses on!

A work of art.

July 26th was the 20th birthday of the American's with Disabilities Act. The independent living center in my community had a week long celebration. Part of the celebrating entailed an art show for artists with disabilities that was held at The Provo City Center.

Here is a picture of a few pieces of my artwork on display in the window: