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I was reflecting on the post I wrote yesterday about being kind of anxious about joining new online groups and my fear of people judging my hand. It was helpful when I thought back to first meeting my friend who also has limb differences and reflecting on my initial uncertainty about her. Her limbs looked… Continue reading Open Minds and Open Hearts

For the past few months I’ve been humming and hawing about attending some interesting online meetups. They’ve literally been sitting in my pinned folder for months, and I just haven’t had the courage to try them. I started thinking, maybe I should explore my fears about trying a new group. The first thing that came… Continue reading The Courage to Try

Like I said in a post last week, by my meditation area I put a picture of my 6th grade self along with my Dumbo book to remind me of my life purpose of helping people overcome and heal from being bullied. As part of that (and healing myself) I decided to put a note… Continue reading Feel Your Power

I just started reading Judith Heumann’s book, “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Advocate.” She said years ago, babies with disabilities were often killed, or institutionalized, and that had such an impact on me to my very core. That broke my heart on such a profoundly deep level. The world is SO… Continue reading I Deserve to Live!

I decided to put this picture of me when I was in 6th grade, along with the Dumbo book by my meditation area. They are so symbolic of my life purpose it gives me chills. When I was in 6th grade I was bullied so, so bad. Like, it really messed me up and hurt… Continue reading Freeing My Voice