Preach! Man, I love this!! I know exactly how this feels. It's so hard but if you put your head down and crank it out and you get there. As a person with Mild CP I can totally relate. Way to go for not giving up, and best of luck in future battles.

here's a relating piece I wrote a while ago. Hope you like it.


(Dis)Abled

The word itself
says that I am not

That I am nothing
that I should sit in the dark

That I should go out with the trash
like the mannequins in the dumpster

But am I?


I can walk

I can write

I have made honor roll for nine years
and counting

I have won silver at Nationals in rowing

I have rowed more than 100 miles through the wilderness of Alaska

And
It is true that I limp after the eighth mile of the hike…
And
It is true that It takes me hours and hours to get my thoughts on paper...
And
It is true that I could not have made honor roll without learning accommodations…
And
It is true that I could not have gone to Nationals or rowed through Alaska without vigorous training and stretching and physical therapy…

But
I still rowed through Alaska
I still won at Nats
I still make honor roll
I still write poems, stories and papers
I still hike miles and miles and miles

even though it hurts and
it’s hard and
sometimes I feel like I can’t do it

But still I do it.

Because I can