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The Realities of Having Cerebral Palsy

This story is from my life. It’s all true, and I hope my readers will gain a sense of what it’s like to live with any type of cerebral palsy, whether acquired before birth or after. What people with CP

Resilience in the Face of Negativity

How do we, as people with disabilities, deal with authority figures who are neither transparent nor honest? They think they know better than we do, and that we cannot comprehend their motives. So they hide them. Also, they refuse to

Quench—My Thirst to Learn

If you have a learning disability, you will know what I mean. If you do not, then you can empathize and understand. When I was six years old, I couldn’t even tell my teacher what the story we had just

Valentine’s Day 2026

Have you ever thought about having a relationship with a person outside your religion or faith? The benefits are tremendous. It not only allows you to have the decorations you always wanted for the holiday season, but it can bring

Reflections of My Heart: Your Friendship

I wrote this poem in 2009. I wrote it for my editor. Once more, despite my willingness to take on everything the universe presented to me, I kept on, despite the pain I knew I would face. My heart was

Reflections of My Heart: Poem for The Healing Horse

I wrote this poem while editing my novel The Healing Horse, back in 2021. All of a sudden, I was in a trance. Automatic writing, when the pen seems to write on paper all by itself, took over and I

Reflections of My Heart: The End

I wrote this poem after I got my first COVID vaccine. That was back in February 2021. COVID-19 had hit. The country was in panic mode with Trump telling us not to worry about it. He said COVID-19 was no

Reflections of My Heart: A Beam

This is another poem about my dear friend, who died in 2010. Tom and I were so in tune with each other that I wrote this poem on the day he died. But I did not know until a few

Reflections of My Heart: The Caring Heart

I wrote this poem about my dear friend, who was like a brother to me. He died in 2010, but the cause of death was not clear. It could have been a medication problem, or just diabetes. OMG! If you

Reflections of My Heart: Massachusetts Stars

  I wrote this to my friend from Massachusetts. For well over 19 years, I always felt protected by him. We had a give and take that always made my heart feel lighter, and me, better. And I think I

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