I have been sitting here for days, trying to even think about where I wanted to begin with this entry. My grandfather passed away this week and I am directly in the middle of the storm emotionally and literally (as it is actually physically storming right now as I write this). My grandfather had been […]
As all of my readers know by now, I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer in 2013. Today is actually my 4 year “cancerversary”. I never knew that something could change my life so much, but there was something (well… someone…) that changed my life in an equally powerful way. I don’t think it’s a coincidence […]
I recently wrote about Fear & Anxiety, but I realized that I left out some crucial parts of what it’s like for the people experiencing the anxiety… especially the ones with an anxious mind and giving heart. This is probably the biggest, most consistent obstacle that I deal with as someone who experiences anxiety. It […]
I’ve talked a lot about disability and society’s views of disabilities, but I wanted to share something that I see regularly on social media: Inspirational Porn. According to Wikipedia: “Inspirational porn” is the calling of people with disabilities inspirational solely or in part on the basis of their disability.[1][2] The term was coined in 2012 […]
In life, we are taught valuable lessons. We don’t like to remember or re-live the hard lessons. We usually just like to keep the knowledge we gained from them. The truth is that we NEED those hard lessons. We need them to grow into who we are MEANT TO BE. I’ve shared some of these […]
