The Elephant Man, and…

I once read somewhere that Joseph Merrick, known as The Elephant Man, was never able to sleep on his back. He spent his whole life sleeping in a sitting-up position. This was due to severe deformities: a heavy head that could break his neck and block his air passages and oxygen to his brain.

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They/Them, Name/Same

I couldn’t walk today or yesterday. It’s been snowing. Yesterday, the wind was so bad, Hannah’s car door nearly pulled off the hinges. We heard a horrible “snap” sound as the wind whipped it open. I thought the door was going to rip off and go flying into the air. Thankfully, all was well in the post office parking lot. You’d be surprised just how windy it gets here. It’s insane really.

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