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
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Today is World Cerebral Palsy Day. I didn’t know this day existed until a few years ago. When my oldest friend and chosen sister told me, I balked immediately uncomfortable. We need a day for this, I asked incredulously. I’ve spent my whole life needing to work harder and rise to challenges, so people take
Tomorrow will be two years since I pushed launch on this blog. I won’t have an opportunity to write this tomorrow. This post is a thank you to all the people who have helped make this blog possible. I hope you all will indulge me in these thank you’s and know I mean them from
One morning as a senior in high school, one of the special education teachers asked to see me. This wasn’t unusual. First period for me was being a senior peer helper in the special education department. What she had to tell me before first period was unexpected, however. She had arranged for a person from
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
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
This is a very special blog post. I hope you’ll indulge me. Today this blog’s social media accounts combined hit a big milestone. Over 2,000 people follow this blog through various social media accounts. I honestly feel like crying happy tears. This is the kind of milestone I could only dream about when I started
I’m crying happy tears. My personal Facebook page memories, today, remind me my blogging adventure has God’s fingerprints all over it. I had no idea I used the word thriving to refer to how I deal with my CP. It wasn’t conscious. It’s just what I try to do. My chosen brother/journey partner kept encouraging
I come from a line of strong women. I have made connections and friendships with strong women who became part of my family as well. This blog post is a salute to all of them. My mama is the strongest woman I know. She has made so many sacrifices for me and taught me exactly
If you’ve been following this blog for a while: you know how important music is to me. I’ve written posts about Sarah McLachlan, Billy Joel, and Garth Brooks. Today’s post is another one about music that’s important to me. This one is about the Backstreet Boys. I wasn’t a typical teenage girl by most standards.