Category: LIVING MY BEST LIFE
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I Am Allowed to Take Up Space
By Marie W.O.W.C.P. For a long time, I tried to make myself smaller. Smaller in my voice. Smaller in my needs. Smaller in the space I took up in the world. Living with cerebral palsy sometimes made me feel as if I was already noticed before I even spoke. People noticed how I walked. They…
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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…