When out shopping for certain items, such as furniture, clothes, or knick-knacks a couple of places come to mind, thrift stores and flea-markets. Almost everyone has shopped at these types …
Last night, I volunteered at the MDA telethon. It was my second time. This year was in honor of my cousin, Frankie who recently passed away. Yesterday, I cried before …
When my mother and my sister were co-writing their 1985 book “A Special Kind of Parenting”, they interviewed numerous parents of disabled children. Many times these parents were visibly distraught …
My mother has always told me from day one that God created physically challenged people because they have accomplished every obstacle in their previous lives. The only life that is …
As human beings it is said that our life-long quest for identity begins with a single question–“Who am I?” It’s the question we struggle with all our lives as we …
I’m not sure who invented mirrors. I have no idea who thought it was such a marvelous idea that, each day, I be subjected to a reflection of myself … …
Options. We all want them. It is a human right to want to be able to choose. But, all too often for people with disabilities choices are often hard, if …
In Loving Memory ofFrancisco J. ‘Frankie’ Gomez, Jr.September 30, 1972 – July 17, 2003 God saw you were getting tired,and a cure was not to be.So he put his arms …