“Here I was in my late teens, supposedly at my prime. Yet, I was struggling to walk.”
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“Here I was in my late teens, supposedly at my prime. Yet, I was struggling to walk.”
“Society led me to believe I wasn’t enough. They’re wrong. I am more than a diagnosis, a statistic, a label, or a condition.”
“Before you judge his shortcomings and all he did wrong, judge his strength, too.”
“Being curled in a ball every time I ate left me exhausted. I could no longer hide my illness.”
“An able-bodied person sent me a DM and told me to ‘do my research.’”
“If I didn’t advocate for him, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”
“Yesterday at the car dealership was an extremely frustrating reminder that I am a woman.”
“I’m not going to look at this stomach and wish it was flatter. I’m not going to look at these stretch marks and wish I could erase them. I’m not going to look at this butt and wish it was rounder.”
“I blamed myself, work, stress, my body, my doctor. I held onto that anger to get me through the grief. I was left questioning everything. I said, ‘We’re really doing this.’”
“I stepped in front of her to ‘shield’ her from their questioning, gaping eyes.”