'I stood, solid as a mountain —strong, and grounded — while everyone else ran around like I do most days: frantic... Yes, I can be a forgetful scatterbrain sometimes, but when times are tough, I have a way of getting tougher.'
ADHD complicates my life in a million little ways each day. Getting out of bed, for instance, is neither natural nor enjoyable. Also, my energy levels fluctuate incessantly. And once the inspiration has faded, I bump into brick walls seemingly erected to block me from my finish line. Checking off items from my to-do list is the main highlight of most days.
Summers in South Florida bring warm, sunny days with afternoon rains that pass in an hour. When June 1 arrives, so does hurricane season — and there it stays until November 1. We face threats several times a year. And once every few years, a threat turns into catastrophe, as it nearly did with Irma, and all normalcy comes to an abrupt end.
Let me be clear: Had Irma’s storm path shifted just slightly, I probably wouldn’t be sitting here on my computer typing this. We would have been without Internet, cell phones, or electricity for weeks. In the end, Miami was largely spared. But we still had to go through the sameClick to Read: How to Manage ADHD In An EmergencyThe only good thing about hurricanes is that they can be tracked for weeks before landfall.
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