The Plan now has a name. Because we all start somewhere.
Continue readingIntroducing My Grand New Fitness Plan. Please Lower Your Expectations.
Author Archives → Eugene Dennis
So… This is How I Walk Now?
11/18/2025 – … amid the slow swirl of appointments, meds, and blood draws, I caught a glimpse of me in a reflection and noticed I had quietly exited the “normal ambulation” club somewhere along the way.
Continue readingMom: On the Days She Can, She Does
10/30/25 – Each morning, she’d wake with a sigh, not quite sure about the “why.” But lately, something shifted.
Continue readingLove in the Time of Braille Machines and Hoodies
10/22/2025 – Just my face pokes out the hoodie when Suzanne walks in. A lesser person might roll her eyes and do a U-turn. She doesn’t. She smiles a smile that is deeply non-condescending and devoid of pity, and makes me feel like we’ll get through this thing together.
Continue readingKnees First: The Art of Getting Out of Bed
The abs, once at least semi-dependable, have taken Social Security, cashed out the 401(k), and moved to Scottsdale. Which means that what once was a sit-up is now… a project.
Continue readingAct III Magic
Life, it turns out, is still conspiring to give us little wins if we look for them.
Continue readingThe Mr. Rogers Addendum (2025)
Katie stepped to the pulpit. “This is not the talk I planned to give today,”
Continue readingBanana Man and the Sandbox Rule
The characters melted and warped like peeled bananas left in a parked car during a Phoenix summer.
Continue readingThe Incredible Shrinking Man
… she offered to remeasure. But I declined. It was easier to pretend it was a clerical error than to face the hard truth: I was now officially closer to hobbit height.
Continue readingThe Button-Down Shirt Disaster of 2025
Either this condition I have is worsening, or the price of button holes has gone up like everything else, so they’re making them smaller.
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