Tagged with: autoimmune disability disease life morality This week I experienced a first. A horrible, dreaded, stop-you-in-your-footsteps first. One of my student’s in class is dying.
Posts Tagged 'life'
The Power of One’s Mortality
Tagged with: autoimmune disability disease life morality The Power of the Past
Tagged with: disability life past You don’t always believe it, nor do you want to, but your past definitely has a profound way of shaping your future, and even your present for that matter.
Perceptions can Change
Tagged with: advocate awareness diagnosis disability family health life Since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 3 ½ years ago I have learned and become to believe that I was diagnosed for a purpose and that purpose was to help others facing a similar situation as myself either through fundraising, words of encouragement, or motivation as they watch to see what I am capable of accomplishing.
The Power of Finding Your Strength
Tagged with: disability life power strength Where do you find strength? This is a question that was posed to me earlier this week, and although a relatively simple question, I found myself stalled when searching for the right answer.
The Power of Sunshine
Tagged with: life As the summer is winding near its end, we are reminded in little hints of outdoor pool closings and increasingly longer evenings. We hear school bells ringing and fewer birds singing. For me, it’s a time to grab on to as much sunshine as I can, so I may store it in my pocket for a time when I would need it most.
The Power of Adapting
Tagged with: adapting disability life Charles Darwin and the like rejoiced in the notion that all things must adapt in order to survive. This concept, even though displayed in a large-scaled evolutionary sense can be seen on a much, much smaller degree in our everyday lives.
The Power of Silence
Tagged with: connection learning life silence It wasn’t until it was somewhat challenged upon me, that I even took the time to both notice and understand the power that lies in silence.
Opportunity in Disguise II-Michael J Fox
Tagged with: advocate awareness diagnosis disabilities disability goals life Michael J Fox, once known to millions of Americans as Marty McFly or Alex P. Keaton is now known all around the world as “The Face of Parkinson’s Disease” and “The Incurable Optimist.”
The Power of Going Home
Tagged with: encouragement home life Everybody has a place that they can call home; whether it be a traditional sort with a white picket fence or not, home can be found anywhere that your heart snuggles into. Throughout your life you are more than likely to call several places home without really stopping to think about what that actually implies, and less likely to call places home that actually are.
