Over the weekend I have been researching on poets for National Poet day coming up on August 21st, 2018 and I stumbled across Lawrence Joel “Larry” Eigner was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, where he lived with his parents until moving to…
Music has always been a massive inspiration in my life. When I was growing up, my parents exposed me to all different types of music. In fact, my favorite music genres are country and Christian gospel. Christian rock music helps…
I first started using social media at the age of 10 years old, but my parents mostly monitored my mySpace account. Shortly after having an account on MySpace, Facebook came along and I decided to create an account. Like most…
You may have read the last article on my deepest fears about without my parents. After brainstorming that article, I began to think more and more about my fears as an American citizen with a disability. As an American citizen,…
I’ve always been a massive fan of ABC’S Speechless and the awareness it brings to society and the insight of having a family member with Cerebral Palsy. There are many lessons you can learn from watching speechless, so I decided…
Starbucks’ straw ban questioned by disability rights groups Co written with Aleah G. Tylia’s point of view : I’m a huge fan of Starbucks and I love to go there often and get a Vanilla Bean Frappuccino and sometimes…
I’m writing this letter to my future daughter for when she is one day born, I want her to know that I loved her before she was born and how I’ve always hoped for her. I think it’s also a…
in my lifetime, I’ve had many experiences with young men flirting in ways that didn’t turn me on whatsoever. I try to be as nice about it to their faces, but in the back of mind, I’m saying to myself…
Ahh, writer’s block. When your imaginary friends no longer want to speak to you and your words won’t come. How do you overcome the difficulties of writer’s block? I have the answers because as a published author, every once in…
looking back at my childhood and going to school, it was always easy for me to make friends. But I do have some regrets when it comes to explaining my cerebral palsy to my friends over the years. As I’m…