Know that there’s nothing wrong with no matter what anybody else says– that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12  : 27 PM on day 1057 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to   pray, read Judges 16,   publish my Disability of the Day feature,  brush my teeth,  take off my jacket and t–shirt and put a clean t-shirt on,   feed myself  All Bran Flakes for breakfast,        tweet about my campaign –  no one made a donation so far today –   practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and go to the doctor – a wound on my toe become infected and now I’m on two antibiotics and my foot is bandages up *joy*.

Yesterday afternoon my dad was talking to someone and he said I have three children [my first daughter] is not well my parents are loving and devoted but I could find a cure for AIDS and they would still refer to me as their eldest daughter who is not well it hurts but I know there’s nothing wrong with me and I understand that my parents only see me this way because they grew up in India where “disabled” people are seen as broken people with nothing to contribute to the world. Do you know that there’s nothing wrong with you regardless of what anybody else says?