About Author
My name is Tylia L. Flores, and my journey has been far from ordinary. I was born with spastic cerebral palsy, and from the earliest moments of my life, I’ve been learning what it means to persevere, to rise, and to push forward with a purpose bigger than myself. For many years, my identity was rooted in disability advocacy. I fought for representation, spoke out for accessibility, encouraged others through my platforms, and used writing as a tool for empowerment.
But sometimes God interrupts our plans to lead us into His.
For years, I thought advocacy was the end of my story—my one mission, my true calling. I thought that was why I had been given a voice. But God knew something deeper, something I didn’t yet understand. And in His perfect timing, He revealed it.
A Season of Wrestling
Before my breakthrough moment with Christ, I spent years in a season of spiritual wrestling. I questioned my faith. I questioned God’s plan. I questioned my identity beyond disability, beyond advocacy, and beyond the expectations that others placed on me.
There were moments when I felt disconnected from Him, moments when I thought God had forgotten about me, and moments when I questioned why my life was filled with obstacles I didn’t understand. There were days when my heart felt heavy—heavy with doubt, heavy with confusion, heavy with a longing for something deeper but not knowing how to reach it.
But even in that season of distance, God never let go of me.
He followed me through the silence.
He waited patiently in my questioning.
He spoke softly even when I didn’t know how to listen.
