I was very shy growing up and did not feel like I fit anywhere. I was not popular by any stretch of the imagination. Quiet, introspective, and driven were just a few of the adjectives I would describe myself as. It felt like I had trouble expressing myself properly as well. Being misunderstood was an
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I have been through more difficult stuff in my life, than most people know or ever will. Have I made mistakes? I am human, so yeah, but the difficult stuff I survived was not my fault. I beat myself up over stuff that was not my fault for a long time…years. I thought I disappointed
Here is an honest confession: the past couple of weeks I have been struggling with writer’s block. It is not that I do not have ideas for you all as far as blog posts go. I do, but I just put too much pressure on myself for them to be perfect and for you all
The other day I was putting up my video on my blog’s Instagram when I happened to cross a video that was telling everybody what they should be doing. It struck me and it stayed with me. This video had thousands and thousands of views. I went and checked how many people had liked the
Author’s Note: I apologize for a few less blog posts over the course of the last three weeks. This time has been chaotic, at best, and stressful and fear inducing at worst. I will explain why in a future blog post. Thank you for your patience and support. From here on out, unless specified, two
Tuesday was a difficult day for me. Overly tired from the day before and not having slept that well, I had a meltdown when I got back to my apartment Tuesday evening. I turned up one of my favorite albums and had a cathartic cry. While crying I prayed. Afterwards, I took my phone out
If you have been following this blog for a while you are aware that my paternal grandfather, who the world called Kirk, and my maternal grandmother, my granny, were two of the most important influences in my life. They still are. Both are my angels now, and I always want to make them proud of
If you have been following this blog for a while, you know that my immediate family and I have been dealing with difficulties and challenges for a while now. We still are and will be for the foreseeable future. There are days where my life seems completely upside down from what it used to be.
This blog post is special. It is the 300th blog post I have written. My mom was concerned when I started blogging, I would run out of ideas and/or topics to discuss with you all. I told her that would not happen. She was not convinced. I told her to watch where this journey was
July 26th is the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) becoming law. I wrote a post about what it means to and for me 30 years in 2020. You can read that here: https://wordpress.com/posts/thrivingwithcerebralpalsy.com?s=What+the+A What I want to talk about, now, is the work still to be done. Yes, the ADA made