Day 620

Things look a lot different from the other side of a situation – that’s what I keep learning

It’s 2 : 57 PM on day 620 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,   feed myself  Oats  for breakfast, drink  Green Tea by myself,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, send thank you message to some  who helped me build a well in Kenya – with only approximately 6 days to go to the completion of the well I thought it would be a nice thing to do to thank some people for their donations and send them a link to the project’s update page –   exercise my right hand –  I again  cut  a piece of  bread into smaller pieces  using a knife with my right hand I should have using a fork and knife down by Sunday  – and feed myself rice and curry for lunch.

Today spending time with my grandma who can’t speak clearly or remember my name – she had a Cerebral Hemorrhage last August which left her speech slurred  and before that she started showing signs  of Dementia –  I finally understood how my family must feel around me you want so badly to “fix” the ones that you love and the fact that you can’t leaves you feeling so helpless  I am going to tell my family that it’s okay that they can’t rid me of Cerebral Palsy because I think they really need to hear it. Has being on the other side of a particular situation made you a more compassionate human being?