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Day 437

You have to be the best version of yourself even on your worst day– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7: 09 PM on day 437 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – exercise, feed myself a chicken nugget sandwich for lunch, watch TV, and brush my teeth once more.

This morning while my mom was (excuse the graphic details in this post) wiping me I said it’s cold – I usually say that – and she just came at me it’s not enough that I’m wiping your blood now you’re complaining when I heard that I burst into tears because I was humiliated already not being able to take care of myself without her throwing all the things she did for me back in my face as if that wasn’t bad enough she told me – because she was angry that I told my father to take her with when he went to drop my sister off at school –that I’m the reason my dad treated (and still treats) her badly to which I kept saying with anger it’s not my fault, it’s not my fault, it’s not my fault but now I realize that what I should have done was say I forgive you sincerely and forget everything she said because that’s what Jesus would have done so when my mom comes back from work that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Are you able to be the best version of yourself even on your worst day?

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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!

Day 436

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Some people are just mean – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7: 05 PM on day 436 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself a chicken nugget sandwich for brunch, watch TV, feed myself Batura and chicken curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I received a Direct Message from Jenelle Ramsami (@MissJenjo) – a model from Durban, South Africa who just happens to be hearing impaired – saying that someone had tweeted her and a friend telling them that she doesn’t deserve to win FHM 2012 just because she is hearing impaired which really bothered (and still bothers) me suffice to say I gave the sender of that tweet a piece of my mind why is it that when someone who has a disability achieves something great or receives an award people think it’s because of or in spite of his/her disability why can’t it be because they are good at what they do. Do you have to tear people down to lift yourself up?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 435

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And it’s great to tell people about mercy and faith, but first you must also tell them about the law and judgment (Matthew 23:23).

It’s 7: 04 PM on day 435 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink coffee by myself, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself Batura and chicken curry for brunch, watch TV, feed myself a chicken nugget sandwich for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Yesterday evening we were praying together as a family which was a fairly new thing in our house and while my father was reading the Bible I couldn’t help thinking hypocrite he reads the Bible but is ashamed of his own child – my mom has to fight tooth and nail to get him take me to parties and stuff and even when we do go he stands on the other end of the room and pretends we aren’t there – just because she is different when we were done praying I said to my father you don’t have to read the Bible for thirty minutes just learn to treat people properly looking back now I regret the judgment with which I said those words but in that moment I felt like he was mocking God. Do you call people out when they are doing something wrong or leave them alone because you’re afraid of sounding judgmental?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 433

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They are no accidents in life everybody is born the way they are so that they change the world in their own way– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6: 04 PM on day 433 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink coffee by myself, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, go to church–the reverend talked about how the sheep and the goats would be separated on Judgment Day and how we would be asked what did you do with what God gave you I believe him – feed myself Idli – a south Indian savory cake popular throughout India – and Sambar – a dish common in South India and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisines, made of toor dal – for breakfast, watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch some more TV and tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck.

A couple of days ago I stumbled onto the promo for Rollin’ with Zach – a travel show hosted by Zach Anner (a twenty-seven-year-old who has Cerebral Palsy) – and I wanted to know more about him so I searched him up on Youtube which is when I saw his interview with Oprah – he had to interview people as part of Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star. Take a look his confidence will amaze you and inspire all the kids out there who have special needs:

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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!

Day 432

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Every choice you make is a vote for something – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 49 PM on day 432 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – watch Breaking Dawn Part 1 at the Hemingways Mall–I LOVED it, it won’t win an Oscar or anything but you could feel the passion with which it was made as you watched it and at the end of the day that’s what I want when I go to watch a movie great job Kristen, Robert, Taylor and company 🙂 –visit some relatives and feed myself a burger and French fries for dinner.

Today the first thing I saw when I logged on to the web was Demi Moore to divorce Ashton Kutcher and I’m ashamed to say I clicked on the link and read the article but while I was reading I thought to myself what’s wrong with me I being entertained by someone else’s heartache so from today onwards I am no longer going to read articles about celebrities unless it’s about them doing something good and I ask that you do the same because magazines and newspapers only print what we read and if we stop reading they’ll stop printing and publishing these types of articles think about it you guys celebrities have kids and their kids will grow up knowing things about their parents’ personal lives that they shouldn’t know because we are putting our money into the tabloid industry. Do the things you vote for represent you?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 431

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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Unknown

It’s 6: 45 PM on day 431 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All-Bran Flakes with banana for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and tweet about my campaign some more– still no luck.

Today I was doing something – I forgot what – and it suddenly occurred to me how many people help me every week so from this week onwards every Friday – except for when I’m in India (8 December-2 January) during which time I will not be active on this blog (Jenelle Ramsami – a model who just happens to be hearing impaired – will be sharing her experiences on a ‘Guest Posts’ page that I will create) – I am going to list everyone who’s helped me – both in my real and online life – from one Friday to the next (if you’ve helped me in any way on any given week and I don’t to mention you please know that it is not intentional) . Take a look:

Gratitude Weekly November 18, 2011

Thank you God for always being here for me.
Thank you mommy for helping me do things I have not yet learned how to do.
Thank you daddy for paying for everything I need.
Thank you Neethu –my sister – for kicking me in the butt when I feel sorry for myself.
Thank you Kevin –my brother – for carrying the laptop from the bedroom to the dining room every morning so that I can use it.
Thank you Amanda – our housekeeper – for helping me when mommy and daddy are at work.
Thank you Christian Hollingsworth, Chrissy Pappas, Kimber Beach and Michael Carr for their donations to my campaign.
Thank you Stan Faryna, Kurtiss Locker, Nancy Scott, Ramon Thomas and Georgina Pazzi for retweeting about my campaign.
Thank you Patricia Singleton, Justina Valentine, Roy Pearson, Bonnie, RockstarsTribe, Tim, Laura, Polished Girlz, Pali Raj, Brian Elliot, Colette Caddle, Amy Hale, Start Your Novel, Khanh and Peter Tran, Stan Faryna and Susan Mazza for tweeting/retweeting links to my blog posts.

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 430

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You can’t blame someone for what they learned growing up – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 5: 43 PM on day 430 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink coffee by myself, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and tweet some more about my campaign – still no luck.

Two days ago I read Arun Shourie on his tale of cerebral palsy and enduring love written by Amrit Dhillon – an article about a father’s unconditional love for his son and the struggles he and his family faced raising a child who has Cerebral Palsy in India (a special thanks to Andi over at Bringing the Sunshine for including a link to this article in Sun-Beams: November 13, 2011 where I found it) – and in the article Arun Shourie – the dad – talked about how parents of special needs children in India basically hid their children from the outside world and refused to talk about them when I read that I realized that my father being ashamed of me had nothing to do with me and everything to do with the country he grew up in suffice to say I feel a whole lot better about myself now than I did two days ago – all this time I thought my dad treated me horribly because of something I did when in reality he was just treating me the way people treated disabled people in India when he was growing up. Do you still believe what you learned growing up even though you know in your head that it’s complete nonsense?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 429

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Sometimes love is saying no – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 08 PM on day 429 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself bread and scrambled eggs for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, listen to music – Exit Wounds by The Script (see lyric video below) – watch TV, feed myself Chapati and vegetable curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Yesterday I read Dinnertime on Love That Max where Ellen wrote about among other things how Dave – her husband – usually caved into feeding Max – their son – at dinnertime – Max has Cerebral Palsy and most people who have Cerebral Palsy have a hard time doing the simplest of things – and although I knew that Dave was only doing what he was doing out of love there was so much I wished I could tell him so I’m taking the opportunity to do that now Dave please refuse to help Max do things you know he can do himself he will thank you for it later when he’s living independently and has his own job (I wish my parents had done that with me growing up may be then I wouldn’t need to practicing how to eat with a fork at the age of twenty). Do you things for your children because you want to feel good in the moment?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 428

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Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.
— Oliver Wendell

It’s 7: 06 PM on day 428 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck today but Michael (@USMMariner) made a donation of $50 yesterday (it’s the second time he’s donated) – thanks Michael 🙂 – prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, listen to music, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, feed myself spaghetti with sauce for dinner– I did it with a fork made a bit of a mess but nonetheless I am proud of myself 🙂 – and brush my teeth once more.

Yesterday my siblings and I were discussing sleeping arrangements – my sister moved to my brother’s room for the duration of her exams and now wanted to sleep there even after her exams were over – my sister said to my brother who wanted his room back after her exams you can move back in two years after I’m gone to which he said then I’ll have to move back here – the room I slept in (my mother has this crazy idea that someone always has to sleep in the same room with me how old does think I am five I may not to be able to do much physically but I am an adult) – which is when I interjected and asked my brother what makes you think I’ll still be here he replied you’ll be here until I leave and although I was taken aback by his brutal honest I REALLY appreciated it because the rest of my family just dance around the subject of my future they’ve made no secret of the fact that they expect nothing of me – my parents frequently say our money is your money because they don’t believe I will be able to provide for myself and be a contributing member of society (they are going to be VERY surprised). Have the children in your life said things that you wouldn’t dare say?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!

Day 427

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Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

– Kahlil Gibran

It’s 7: 01 PM on day 427 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All-Bran Flakes for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck I tweeted with both hands so I got do a good deed and practice doing something I needed to do at the same time 🙂 – prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more–still no luck– and brush my teeth once more.

Yesterday I was reading blogs written by parents of kids with special needs and in every one of them there was a paragraph in which the parents talked about letting go of the dream – the life they imagined for their children – which is where I think my parents got stuck I have moved on and made the best of a bad situation while they are still mourning the loss of a dream but here’s the thing regardless of the fact that I am not living my parents’ dream I am turning out alright I guess what I am trying to say is that you should let go of the dreams you have for your children because God has a bigger plan. Are you raising your children to be who you could have been or who they were meant to be?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

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!