You know this month is CP awareness month so I thought it would be fitting to write about what I feel everyday..So here we go
When you wake up and get out of bed and think man my leg muscles are tight. When you walk into a store and you get the looks. The looks of curiosity, looks of wow that girl sure walks different, looks that make you feel like you just don't fit in. When you go to pay and you are struggling getting that money or credit card out and you start to blush because you know that cashier or the person behind you is thinking "that poor girl". When you are asked to repeat yourself 2-3 times because that person can't understand you and you just want to say never mind. When you have to buy new shoes more often than normal because you ruined the toe part of your shoe or you have a hole on the bottom due to walking toe-heel instead of heel-toe. When you have to use adaptive tools like a button hook. When you can't open a water bottle or you spill your drink because your so stinking shaky. Or how about when you look at your fingers and they are all weird looking.. You know I can go on and on but I also want to bring you the beautiful side of CP
I get to use my disability for good and be an advocate for my different population. I get to look my students in the eyes and say you are worthy and you are capable. I get to show them and their parents that they can be successful and live an independent life if you push them to strive for more than what society tells them. I get to show people everyday that a person with a disability can be independent and be positive and love the life the Lord has given. I get to prove others that the impossible can be possible. Most importantly, through this blog and through my everyday life I get to let people know that different is beautiful and we all deserve a chance to be loved and to be known for the beautiful people who have CP are. I get to be apart of a population that sees the world through hardships but choose to keep pushing on and to tackle whatever life throws at us.
So go and get to know a person with CP this month or go and love and cherish someone with CP because we are people that deserve to be loved and not to be known for just our disability. I have CP and CP does not have me.
When you wake up and get out of bed and think man my leg muscles are tight. When you walk into a store and you get the looks. The looks of curiosity, looks of wow that girl sure walks different, looks that make you feel like you just don't fit in. When you go to pay and you are struggling getting that money or credit card out and you start to blush because you know that cashier or the person behind you is thinking "that poor girl". When you are asked to repeat yourself 2-3 times because that person can't understand you and you just want to say never mind. When you have to buy new shoes more often than normal because you ruined the toe part of your shoe or you have a hole on the bottom due to walking toe-heel instead of heel-toe. When you have to use adaptive tools like a button hook. When you can't open a water bottle or you spill your drink because your so stinking shaky. Or how about when you look at your fingers and they are all weird looking.. You know I can go on and on but I also want to bring you the beautiful side of CP
I get to use my disability for good and be an advocate for my different population. I get to look my students in the eyes and say you are worthy and you are capable. I get to show them and their parents that they can be successful and live an independent life if you push them to strive for more than what society tells them. I get to show people everyday that a person with a disability can be independent and be positive and love the life the Lord has given. I get to prove others that the impossible can be possible. Most importantly, through this blog and through my everyday life I get to let people know that different is beautiful and we all deserve a chance to be loved and to be known for the beautiful people who have CP are. I get to be apart of a population that sees the world through hardships but choose to keep pushing on and to tackle whatever life throws at us.
So go and get to know a person with CP this month or go and love and cherish someone with CP because we are people that deserve to be loved and not to be known for just our disability. I have CP and CP does not have me.
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