Entries from March 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Disabilities + Religion?

I am writing a paper about the disabled community, and how disabled individuals relate to faith. If anyone has any good resources to recommend, please drop me a comment! It can be anything from a website, a book, an author, etc… and it can be discussing any type of religious belief.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

A Most Disturbing Conversation

Have you ever had a conversation that didn’t bother you much at the time, but then it haunts you for days - even weeks, months? I had hoped to write an upbeat entry for today - describing some of the events of delving feet first into the blogosphere - but it seems life has intervened.
I [...]

Monday, March 17, 2008

Reaching Out

I have cerebral palsy. My occasionally occurring, often repressed soft Southern accent makes me drawl “cele-bral pal-sy” when I say this out loud.
My mother found out during her pregnancy that not only I, but also my brother, would have cerebral palsy. I was born prematurely and incredibly small, so small that I nearly [...]

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Beginning is Never Too Late

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” - Chinese Proverb

I have come to realize that I have something to say. I wasn’t sure at first; I have always been afraid of being too bold, and I have almost always kept my scribbles to myself. I started a livejournal several years [...]