This is the most difficult season of my life. Every day, I have to make decisions and choices not only for myself, but for my parents as well. Many of these decisions I never envisioned I would have to make, but here I am doing my best to make my parents and myself proud daily.
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As I type this, it is three days before Christmas and Hanukkah just ended yesterday. I find myself needing to stay present and feeling immense gratitude for what this season means, and the hope it brings. This season looks different, drastically, then other holiday seasons for me and my immediate family. just because the season
Last Saturday night I had a very intense seizure. I call them CP spells, but my neurologist always assumed that they were and are seizures. It caught me off guard because of its intensity and the fact that I had not had one in a while. It is my body’s way of telling me to
Friday, I had a tough CP day. My tough day wasn’t because I was in pain. The toughness came from being in my head too much and being frustrated because I couldn’t move the way I wanted to. The reason I was frustrated was because I knew how I wanted my body to move but
I’ve had a really emotional and tough week. I’m emotional by nature. And easy crier is what I am. Being positive for all of you is important but sometimes it’s difficult. So for this blog post I decided to let you see what it looks like when I have a bad week at least a
I didn’t sleep well last night. Sleep is crucial with my type of CP. When I woke up, I was out of sorts. Tears were close for no other reason than to let go of frustration. I know it probably seems like I’m always positive, but I do have tough days in general and with
I had a rough day last week. I order most of my clothes and shoes online because most stores don’t have accessible dressing rooms. My new jeans arrived. I ordered more jeans like my favorite pair…or so I thought. Opening the package, I realized they were the wrong jeans. I tried them on anyway. They
I got a comment a few weeks ago: “Nobody with CP is that happy all the time.” I didn’t engage with the negativity and they left my blog’s social media profile they were following. I admit, after that, I internalized their negativity a bit. Now, I want to turn it into something productive. Let’s talk
Have any of you had a day or days where you feel completely unloved, invisible, or not good enough? Yeah, me too. Today was one of those. My empathetic self was in overload all day long. What do I do on days like today? I have several coping mechanisms I use. They are in no
I was going to blog about something from my ever-growing list of ideas on my computer, then last night happened. This is my most raw, honest, blog to date. As this journey continues: I’m sure I’ll feel led to change my plan. This blog, my journey, my life is in God’s hands, always. It usually