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Day 1456: Yearning to be ordinary

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Life is infinitely more complicated when one is differently-abled – that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 1 : 38 PM on day 1456 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Psalm 144,    publish my Disability of the Day feature and read Actually true firefighter fables.

 

Two days ago our housekeeper  told us she couldn’t come to work today because she had to go to the clinic which meant my parents had to scramble to find a stand-in housekeeper so they could go to work today and they couldn’t just leave me with anyone the person they hired had to be physical strong enough to lift me everything when it comes to me requires planning if we’re going on vacation we need to call ahead to find out if the place is wheelchair accessible, if we’re hiring new people we need to know if they are physically strong enough to help me… for once in my life I would like not to have to worry about wheelchair accessibility or our housekeeper’s weight I just want to be an ordinary twenty-three-year-old with ordinary problems.

Day 1270: Are you extraordinary?

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Some people are extraordinary while others have the potential to be extraordinary but aren’t – that’s what I realized yesterday.

 

It’s 12  : 00 PM on day 1270 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth,  pray, read Job 4, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread  for breakfast, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – 11 days  no donations and it’s not for lack of trying either I’ve asked my friends, family acquaintances and even strangers to take a look at my campaign and donate if they could and out of the hundreds of emails, tweets and Facebook messages I sent out fifteen people donated (two of whom happen to be related to me) I don’t know what else I can do I suppose I could organize a bake sale or something but for that I would need help and I don’t want to inconvenience my parents they’ve got so much on their plate already  – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings and spend time outside.

 

Yesterday I read an article about a teenage boy who did something too disgusting to write about reading that article made me realize some people are extraordinary while others have the potential to be extraordinary but aren’t. Are you extraordinary or do you just have the potential to be extraordinary?