Give people a chance they might surprise you – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12  : 00 PM on day 1306 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,   brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast,  read Job 40, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – still no luck since Monday  I know my voice matters and that I do have some influence I just feel like my voice isn’t loud enough to make people listen and act which sucks because there are people dying of AIDS as I sit here and type this  –     practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,  stretch my hamstrings and hang out with my sister.

Yesterday a couple came to visit us and the aunty was talking to me like I was no different from anybody else (usually people who don’t know me are awkward around me) later she told me she has read this blog and seen my campaigns I think reading this blog is helping people in my real life see me and not my wheelchair which is funny because I hid this blog from them for about three years for fear that they wouldn’t understand.   Have you ever opened up to people and been pleasantly surprised by their response?