Hello, welcome to Humbly Courageous. I am so glad you are here. I hope my blog brings a sense of understanding what living a life with a disability can be like, or helps you to feel seen as a human who has value. This is just one perspective, but I believe all our perspectives hold value and have the capability to help others in unique ways. As a child, I often had this sinking feeling. It felt like an emptiness deep inside my body. It was a powerful feeling, and I felt very unsettled by it. It was a sad feeling, and I never knew where it came from. I kept this to myself. Several years later, I was courageous enough to tell my best friend about it. She quickly responded, “I get that too!” I could tell that she was as relieved as I was to find someone to commiserate with. We described in detail what this felt like to each other. We were both happy that we found someone who understood. Neither of us had ever told anyone else about this. As the years wen...
Hello! I am so grateful to all of my readers for being here! I have noticed that I have a lot of new readers here at Humbly Courageous. I wanted to share a blog post this week, to introduce myself to new readers. When we are forced to face an everyday battle, courage is inevitable. This was the thought I had from which Humbly Courageous was born almost 5 years ago! It is hard to believe that it has been that long. I am a 51 year old wife and mom of two college aged boys. Along with this blog, I also have a weekly column in my local newspaper called “Disability in the City”. I place great emphasis on keeping my body functioning to the very best of its ability. I enjoy exercising and participating in adaptive sporting activities. I am an ambulatory wheelchair user at this point in my life. I grew up with my disability present with symptoms from a very early age. When my parents noticed I was not walking on my own around 16 months, they decided to get me checked out...