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WORLD CEREBRAL PALSY DAY!

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 allowed me to move has been thousands of mountains because I have faced so many obstacles to get to where I am now. I used to walk with ankle braces and a walker. I then progressed to not needing a walker but needing a stroller for long distances then I moved on to no ankle braces and a wheelchair for long distances and now people I don't need anything. I walk miles and I travel the world. Thanks God for moving those mountains.

I used to dream of becoming independent and having a career as a teacher. I moved out to go to college (check off being independent) I then pursued my credential and went through student teaching to find my love of being a SDC Kindergarten teacher going on my third year now. Thanks God for moving mountains.

The one thing I want people to learn from this day and my story is to stop saying words like she can't or she's different or I'm going to talk down to her because she probably doesn't understand. Individuals with CP are capable and are beautiful and can move mountains. Yes, sometimes I wonder how my life would be different if I didn't have CP. I wonder who I would become and what my lifestyle would be like. But then I was reminded in an IEP meeting I had of the gift God has given me to be able to show my kids and their parents that they are capable of moving mountains and being successful in the world. I get to stop the negative stigma and show the love of being an individual who is different because we rock and we are some incredibly strong people. Go love someone with CP today <3

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