Joy In The Midst of Struggles

You all I just finished my first quarter of grad school. I am working full time, have extremely challenging students, and taking two classes. I ran off of 5 hours sleep, which I need my sleep because my body gets a lot more tired than an average person, had to say no to plans and parties with friends, cried A LOT (almost every night), and drank a ton of caffeine (Red Bull, tea, coffee, soda, you name it). It probably was the most taxing eight weeks I have ever experienced. I definitely was not prepared for it...& I don't know how I survived and today I found out that I got 100% on my final paper in one of my classes that I worked 15 plus hours on. I am not going to lie I legit cried when I read what my professor thought of my paper. But I wanted to write on here what I learned over these last 8 weeks. It's okay to say no I am very much a yes person. If you want to go somewhere I say yes. If you need a favor I say yes. & If I don't say yes oh my I feel extremely

Guess what!!!!!! It     is         World                     Cerebral                                       Palsy                                                  Day! The day to share your story and bring awareness to the most beautiful people. This day always allows me to reflect on my life on the journey I have been on since birth. Since birth you are labeled. You are cut down. You are not enough. You are not capable. Get ready for a life of hardships. ha! That's what people love to preface you with. But then you get surrounded with hope. You have parents that choose to say no and choose to say yes to believing their child is beautiful, is enough, is capable and will be faced with hardships but will knock them down. I think in recent years the phrase "you will move mountains" has felt extremely close to my heart. It is a pray I say to God all the time and it is something that I have seen him move mountains so much in my life. The mountains the Lord has allowe

Many of you saw the posting of me being shared on a website called Yoo Can Do Anything. I decided to write in to them discussing my story (https://yoocanfind.com/Story/1081/joy-in-the-midst-of-struggle). One thing I have learned as an adult with CP is to not be ashamed of yourself and to spread awareness so more people can understand and accept you. This website is bringing powerful awareness to help individuals from around the world understand the disabled community. The CEO wrote about how and why the website got started and you can read the story right here!!! Hi, my name is Moshe Gaon and I am one the CEO of  yoocanfind.com . yoocan is the world’s leading empowerment site for people with disabilities. In 2008, my nephew Erez was born with a rare disease and complex cognitive and physical disabilities. When Erez was born, we didn’t really know what to expect. The odds were against us and the doctors were pessimistic. We understood that we needed to focus on his quality of life