I told you all a few blog posts ago I would share more tips as I had them to share. I do now. Here they are in no particular order: Turn off your phone at last once a week to help keep hackers from figuring out your password/code. This is not my tip. It came
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This is a very special blog post. I hope you’ll indulge me. Yesterday, this blog’s social media accounts combined hit a big milestone. Over 3000 people follow this blog through various social media accounts. I cried some happy tears. This is the kind of milestone I could only dream about when I started this blog
George HW Bush is my second favorite president. I don’t respect the man because of any political ideology I hold, as some assume; but because of my other job as a political scientist who studies the American Presidency. I am an Independent voter. I don’t agree completely with either major political party in the US.
The pandemic gave me lots of time to think how to build a new life for myself in all aspects. At first, it was disorienting and stressful. Then I decided to make the best of an unprecedented situation. I read the Bible, prayed, read other books that gave me permission to dream, listened to music,
This post is an update on my health and wellness journey. Discoveries last week about how my body handles my condition led to this update for y’all. I have had my condition since birth. I fought to live because that’s who I am in my spirit: a fighter. I was officially diagnosed at a year
I want to share more tips I use to keep myself and those I love as safe as possible in our digital interconnected world. Consider these a form of self-care as well. These are in no particular order. I do not use the iCloud or google docs to store documents, pictures, or other data: I
Yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act becoming law. I wrote a post about what it means to and for me 30 years later last year. 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 the
Having CP means a lot of different things to and for me. For this post it means having to do things differently than most people. I roll instead of walk a lot, and when I do walk, I need a walker or someone’s hands, so I do not fall. Technology makes my hand and
A couple of days ago, I asked my Twitter followers to help me decide what to write on next. This blog post is the winner of that poll: a review of the movie version of In The Heights. Before getting into how much I loved the movie, I will say I am aware of the
I started to make health and wellness a priority, again, on May 4th. I know it is a lifelong process. It is more complicated for me due to my condition. Frustration can easily set in. Bad habits are easy to fall into as well. Companies make junk food taste good. As I started going back