Author: OUR BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGES
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Learning to Rest Without Guilt
By Marie W.O.W.C.P. For a long time, rest felt complicated to me. There was always a part of my mind telling me that if I slowed down, I was somehow falling behind. That if I rested, I was wasting time. Living with cerebral palsy, my body often asks more from me than people realize. There…
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Blooming on My Own Time
Category: Growth, Healing & TimingOur Beautiful ChallengesBy Marie W.O.W.C.P. There was a time in my life when I looked around and felt as though everyone else was blooming before me. People seemed to move through life on a timeline that felt so natural. School.Relationships.Careers.Families.Milestones. And for a long time, I quietly wondered why my life…
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The Women Behind the Walker
By Marie W.O.W.C.P. When people first meet me, one of the first things they often notice is my walker. They notice how I move. They notice the pace of my body. They notice the physical challenge before they notice the woman standing behind it. For a long time, that used to bother me. Because while…
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Welcome Back to Our Beautiful Challenges ( a space where honesty, healing, and hope meet.)
Hi, and welcome back. You might have noticed that Our Beautiful Challenges hasn’t had many posts over the last couple of weeks. The reason for that is simple: I felt like I could do a better job with editing them. Spelling and organizing what I write have always been a challenge for me. I try…
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My Disability is Part of the Story, Not the Whole Story
Our Beautiful ChallengesBy Marie W.O.W.C.P. Welcome to Our Beautiful Challenges. This space is more than a blog. It is a place for truth, healing, reflection, and the beauty still to be found within life’s hardest moments. For much of my life, I felt as though people saw one thing first. The way I walk. The…
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