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Ponderings of an Uncommon Life
With any disability, there are obvious limitations, and whether one may like it or not, they need to accept some help. Allowing others to help is hard for Helena sometimes – she wants to be like everyone else. And yet help very often results in closer relationships, innovative solutions, and understanding how to prioritize our activities in order to more effectively live life.
Because of Helena’s disability, we have had to adapt to a different way of viewing the world. One of the ways in which we have had to adapt is by having to choose how to respond when people outside of our tight-knit family interact with us.
It has been nearly two weeks since Helena got her second set of casts. The change has been for the most part a huge relief. She had a huge pressure sore forming above her knee that they caught fairly quickly. When Dr. Karol changed… Continue Reading “The Golden Rule Applied”
When I was little, my mom had an amazing garden that she loved very much. I remember walking into it impressed by the variety of vegetables she had growing . For years, I couldn’t eat canned green beans from the store, because they just… Continue Reading ““Growth” Mindset”
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