You’re so Welcome! And as you’ve stated, disabilities and all, there’s so much we can accomplish and not allow anything to stop us, just like anyone one else. Once we get started, there’s no stopping.

It only takes one. One to make you feel like you truly matter, to get you started to being who or what you want to be. That teacher was a wonderful person to choose you to be the special one and it made you feel that way. You needed that; and when you received a role in that school play, that just earned you a little more confident. She was a huge…read more

Amen, love it. You have to have a passion for it first. Yes, we all can dream of what we want to do, and we truly do as a kid, a teen and by the time we get older, we may not have those same dreams, but have moved on to another. That’s OK. We have a right to change our minds, the thing is once we truly pinpoint what we want to do, whether it works…read more

I love it, and Love is almost the key to everything, if people just open their eyes and believe. Let it happen. Love is truly what builds the universe, we just don’t share it enough. It would be such a better place to live, if we would just share it more. It’s so easy to share love, it costs nothing. You are worth being loved at all times. During…read more

I so love this, thinking back and having a Why to decide, mostly for your parents. Wanting to do right by them. So, I understand this. My parents weren’t perfect as well, I don’t think any are, but they gave me life and took care of my needs, and that’s a parent. As my parents aged, I wasn’t so much at my father’s side, as he had remarried after…read more

This is great, and I loved that last quote. I never pay any attention to how the word Go just happens to be in the word Goal, it fits. We should always go after our dreams, whether we complete it or not. The idea is to go for it. How would you ever know if you can’t do it, if you don’t even try. A lot of people are afraid of going for their goal,…read more

Beautiful, and Yes, always chose you! I love it. I love how you have conquered all that you have, after all that you’ve been through, my my. A lot of times, when kids grow up in the system and/or horrific homes, they work the hardest at trying to do better, trying make something of themselves, making sure they don’t make the mistakes their parents…read more

Yes, thanks for the memories. I love it. We should all look back at all that we’ve accomplished the year before, if only to see what we did, how we can do it better, and what’s next. You did what you can to build this platform and it will continue as long as you allow it. Yes you will make many decisions, some will pan out and some may not, but…read more

Good for you, leaving the old, on into the new. You made accomplishments in 2022, perhaps not all you wanted to, but some. That’s what the future is for, to carry on. You also gain a friend to keep close to you, that’s always a plus. So, look forward to 2023, where we’re already half in, and do all that you attended to do in 2022 and then look…read more

Oh my, I love this. What an inspirational piece. You will inspire so many with this piece, and if anyone reads it and can’t see the meaning of it all, they have an issue. This is a very motivational speech for anyone, especially ones who have low self-esteem, or always feeling down about their life and/or always not feeling what they do in life…read more

So love it, and so true, and to me you’re both. Your friend didn’t want to take a chance, you do and it pays off and he feels it’s fearless. What he’s doing is taking away from himself, he’s missing out. You can’t do anything in life, or have great friends in your life, if you don’t make the first move. That doesn’t have to be a person that’s…read more

I love it, because I’m right there with you. Growing up, my parents, nor my siblings we never said I love you to each other, and I thought there was something wrong with us, or we didn’t love each other, because people on television said it to each other all the time. But of course once I got older, I grew to know we did truly love each other,…read more

I’m so sorry for your loss, and believe me I truly understand, especially when it comes to your mom. I lost my mom in 2016, and to this day, I still struggle with hurt, anger and disbelief, because I feel that she should still be here. I hated the way I wasn’t there when she passed, but feel I or someone in the family should have been. I hate that…read more

Thank you for such an inspirational, but at times sad story, but it’s OK, what matters is how you are now. Even though you and your sister/sisters fought growing up, I know there was true love there, you have many memories to look back at. I myself, had so many fights growing up with brothers and sisters, it would definitely surprise you. I’m so…read more

I’m so sorry to hear about your relationship and how you have dealt with the same for so long. As you stated, you saw the signs, but kept up the relationship, where you should have placed a brake on it then. Why suffer for so long, when you have seen no changes? There will be no changes, as long as that person is the way they are. A lot of time…read more

You’re so right, Go for it, what’s stopping you and you went for it, Congrats! I’m so glad you got the job of writing that you truly wanted with a true statement of being a fan of MMA, along with your Journalism degree, that is amazing, and a great accomplishment. As you’ve stated, take a risk, go for it, and everyone (as well as myself) had this…read more

Amen, Love it, as the saying goes, “there’s no place like home”, none; unless you had or s having a bad experience at home. I definitely understand you wanting to get out of that situation at the larger college. Why should you have to be uncomfortable in your own space/own room. The worst thing about it, you had to tiptoe around, because there’s a…read more

That’s so cute and sweet. Took risks and it paid off, you met someone you will never ever forget and you met her in an amazing way. This is true love, true friendship, and whether you’re together or not, she left an impression on you that no one can replace. Stuff got in the way, that’s OK, you’re still friends and that’s what matters. Hold on to…read more

What an inspiring story, I only wish I had that much power. I’ve always wanted to do something like this all my life, but never truly pushed it, plus I really didn’t know how to go forward with it. I had a lot of illnesses getting in the way during my life, and that held me up for years and after that I just didn’t go with the idea of start…read more

I love this so much, and I totally agree with you. I’ve only gone once. My daughter took me for my 40th Bday, which she was also celebrating passing the bar for the first time, so it was a great celebration for both of us, and I loved it so much. It was an amazing time, to me, like a dream. I had never experienced such joy during that trip. It was…read more