Being a parent is about allowing your children to be who they truly are– that’s what I learned today 🙂
It’s 8: 58 PM on day 283 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself an egg sandwich for breakfast, read Love That Max, Chasing Rainbow and Outrageous Fortune – the first two blogs I read I’ve read a few times while I had never even heard of the third although I have to admit it was really heart-warming to read about this woman’s appreciation of her husband before I read that post I really thought that marriage was just another form of imprisonment but after reading that I’m beginning to change my mind 🙂 – watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck but I am hopeful because someone promised to make a donation later today 🙂 – feed myself grilled fish, potatoes and salad for dinner, and brush my teeth once more.
Today after my brother left for school in tears my mother came into my room and said I should stop asking him what J’s – his friend’s – marks are maybe that’s why he’s sad and in that moment I was SO angry that I said you love your children for what they can do and not who they are to which she responded if that was true I wouldn’t love you which suffice to say hurt my feelings. Do you love your children for who they truly are or for what they can do to bolster your image in society’s eyes?
Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360
If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu
Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.
Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!
Hey thanks for the mention and thanks for allowing me to find your blog. I love it! Very nicely written. It gives me hope for how well-written my own son might be one day.
Being a parent is immensely hard. You don’t ever get to “win” because what is a “successful” person? Defining success is very different now that I am faced with a son with a disability. Cut your mom some slack! Then remind her that love is the most important thing.
Good luck with your campaign, too. I retweeted about it!
You’re welcome and as for my mom I LOVE her a lot but i feel like she’s just like everybody else who has low expectations of me just because I’m in a wheelchair which annoys me.
Yours truly,
Nisha
PS. Thank you for the retweet 🙂
I found you via SingleDad and I will sent out a few tweets on your program’s behalf also. I hope to visit here once in a while, too. I try to share information online and so want to give you two other blogs I recommend.
Bethany at http://www.andgodlaughs.blogspot.com/
and
Glenda at http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/
I have met both SingleDad and Glenda in person. You can read about our meetings on my blog – linked to my name.
You are embarking on a great adventure!
Best.
Thanks for dropping by I will be sure to check out your links 🙂
Yours truly,
Nisha
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