Joy In The Midst of Struggles

I decided to write on a funny topic that happens all of the time. let me give you a couple of scenarios. I walk into the nail salon..."oh hi niki!! how you doing?" (they say nothing to my mom who is always there) I walk into the gym... "oh hi nicole! how are you??" (they say nothing to my friends who always come with) i could go on and on about the different places I go where the workers who are there will know me by name but will not know the person who always comes with me. it is like the joke between my mom and I. She will always tease me and say "how come they always say hi to you but don't know me when I am with you every time!" it has allowed me to think about it and question why exactly that is. i think it is because it is so rare to see a person with a disability like me living an everyday life. especially how i love to have conversation with people in which most people with disabilities cannot communicate as well. so when they meet me