This is a blog post honoring two men I love very much for Father’s Day. Dad: You have always treated my CP as something that limits me in some ways, sure, but never as a reason for me not to dream as big as possible. I’m blessed that you and mama always see possibilities not
Category: Kirk
My outlook on life is absolutely a choice. I knew from a very early age I had a choice every day when I woke up as to how I was going to approach my condition. My granddaddy, who the world called Kirk, made sure I knew it was a choice. Kirk led by example. For
My Aunt Judy’s transition to Heaven got me thinking how do we honor those we love who are no longer here. I have several ideas because I want to make my life count in honor of Aunt Judy, Kirk, and Granny. Living in a way that makes them proud is important to me. I also
The last two years have been difficult for everybody. Life outside of my work on this blog has been difficult pretty much since I pushed launch. The last few days have been no different. I’m very aware that most of you would never know such information until I said it. Two questions seem to need
Having a tough last several weeks and still having tough stuff to face with my family got me thinking about joy. How to find it in tough times specifically. Finding joy is easy when life is going great, but when it’s not joy feels gone often. As a follower of Christ, the Bible says in
In Honor of Father’s Day, this one is for two particularly important men in my life: Dad: You have always treated my CP as something that limits me in some ways, sure, but never as a reason for me not to dream as big as the sky. Blessed that you and mama always see possibilities
I have always been curious. As an only child by birth: I have always been around adults who willingly answered my questions. They never gave me pat answers you give an annoying child. Real answers that I could understand were given. My parents have always been good with money. Mama is a farmer’s daughter. She
I want to address something I’ve written on before, but I keep getting asked in some form. “Where does your positivity come from? I don’t know how you are.” First things first: I do have bad days. Sometimes, I have a bad week. Usually, when that happens (as is life now and then) I won’t
For most of my life I’ve wanted to be normal. Now I don’t even know what that means. I don’t want to be normal anymore if that means living a life of fear. I want to prove that a woman with cerebral palsy can run a successful business, be a wife, and a mother. Normal
I apologize for the delay, y’all. I’ve been feeling under the weather. I feel better now. I hope you all are well and dealing with the pandemic as best as you can. That said, on with this post. When I started this blog there were some who thought maybe I was slightly nuts. I will