To the outside world we all grow old.
But not to brothers and sisters.
We know each other as we always were.
We know each other’s hearts.
We share private family jokes.
We remember family feuds and secrets,
family griefs and joys.
We live outside the touch of time.
-Clara Ortega

It’s 12  : 03 PM on day 1060 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth,   feed myself   Bran Flakes and peanut butter sandwich  for breakfast,     read Judges 19,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, pray,     tweet and Facebook about my campaign – I think it was Albert Einstein who once said insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result I’m beginning to wonder if I’m persistent or just insane please God help me raise the $250 more I need to reach goal   – and  make sandwiches as part of Virginia’s Sandwich Run with our housekeeper’s help – I think about Virginia a lot especially when I’m making sandwiches for the kids in our current housekeeper’s neighborhood she was such an awesome human being she loved my family as much as she loved her own.

Today is a big day at our house my baby brother turns 13 I can hardly believe it I still remember the first time I held him he was  wearing a light blue baby outfit and I was sitting on a dark blue pushchair. Happy Birthday Kevin may you always be sweet, kind and compassionate.