This Is What Grace Looks Like in My Body
By Tylia L. Flores
March is green. 💚
But for me, March is not just a color.
It is memory.
It is muscle.
It is faith.
It is survival turned into calling. 🔥
I was born prematurely and diagnosed with cerebral palsy before I ever understood what that meant. I grew up in therapy rooms 🏥, orthopedic appointments 🦴, classrooms that doubted me 📚, and hallways that were not built for my body.
For years, I thought awareness meant explaining myself.
Now I know awareness means something deeper.
It means dignity. 👑
It means being seen without being reduced. 👀
It means love without pity. 🤍
It means representation without apology. 📖
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month is not a marketing moment for me.
It is personal.
It is spiritual. ✝️
It is embodied.
💭 What Cerebral Palsy Awareness Means to Me
Awareness is not about inspiration.
It is about inclusion.
It is about asking,
“Do you want to play?” ⚽
And meaning it.
It is about holding the feeding tube in a stadium and not flinching. 🏟️
It is about showing up to therapy graduations. 🎓
It is about writing letters. ✉️
It is about crossing state lines. 🚗
It is about falling in love without treating disability like a flaw. 💍
Through Able By Grace Ministry ✝️, I shared this truth:
God does not make mistakes with bodies.
He reveals His strength through them.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 📖
My cerebral palsy is not weakness.
It is the place where I have seen sustaining grace.
Grace is waking up and trying again. 🌅
Grace is writing when my hands are tired. ✍🏽
Grace is loving boldly in a body that moves differently. ♿
Cerebral palsy shaped my endurance.
Christ shaped my identity.
And this March, I released stories that reflect that truth.
📚 March Releases Honoring Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
These are not just books.
They are representation. 💚
They are dignity on the page. 📖
They are love stories that center disabled lives. 💞
⚽ The Kickball Game That Gave Us Joy
Inclusion. Being chosen. One simple question that changes everything.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GC32VTWY
🎭 The Play She Wrote for Palm Sunday
A Christian romance featuring a drummer with cerebral palsy cast as Jesus — and a girl discovering her calling.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G69DF8KZ
🐣 It’s Not About the Bunny: Milagro’s Easter Miracle
A children’s Easter story about Resurrection, joy, and a wheelchair-using heroine.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKJD4DD8
🧡 The Doritos She Fed Him
A youth group lock-in. A bag of chips. A holy act of dignity.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5ZY9X69
💚 The Boy Who Wore Green for Me
Awareness that looks like staying. Quiet devotion. Visible love.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8R7Y7J3
🥤 The Green Soda That Tasted Like Home
Being remembered. Being heard. Being chosen during CP Awareness Month.
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Soda-That-Tasted-Like-ebook/dp/B0GBY92CNB
🏀 The Buzzer Beater
Love, illness, vulnerability, and resilience through the rhythm of basketball.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS9CSVX8
🕊️ Heaven’s Court: The Last Game of My Heart
Letters. Faith. Surrender. Love that outlives time.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVTK5GR2
🏈 The Game He Held the Feeding Tube
A rivalry game transformed into dignity and devotion.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G61HV5WV
🔥 Storyteller Made of Fire: How God Turned My Test Into Books
My memoir. My testimony. My return to Christ.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL3TRGPW
🚐 The Spring Break We Slept in the Church Van
Long-distance love, disability, faith, and showing up.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLTMV9K7
🔓 The Light Beyond the Bars
Redemption. Cerebral palsy. Faith behind prison walls.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FCCHG75S
💻 Saved by a Screenname
A 90s digital love story between two teens living with cerebral palsy.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saved-by-a-screenname-tylia-l-flores/1148080614
🗺️ The MapQuest Directions He Printed for My Therapy
Love that doesn’t text. It shows up.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNJ7P7RN
📰 Ask Cody
A CP Awareness Month novel about faith, doubt, and rediscovering hope.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNNHYKQH
💦 The Baptism He Traveled For
A road trip across state lines for one sacred baptism moment.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNXCMWMZ
🧸 The Toy He Made for Me in March
A month of courage that ends in being seen.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP8XYPP9
💬 The MySpace Posts He Wrote in March
Online awareness that turns into real-life devotion.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9BJXKL
💌 Love Always, Your Boyfriend
Grief. Faith. Letters written beyond loss.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPF3SQY5
📺 The Letter Sent to Channel 12
Scars, first love, and the courage to be fully seen.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPRSM7MC
🎥 The Youth Group Livestream
Two teens with cerebral palsy discovering connection through worship.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPY7P7VN
🎙️ Beyond Books — Expanding the Mission
🍗 Faith Over Fried Chicken (Podcast)
Episode 3: Faith Over Doubt
“I believe; help my unbelief.” — Mark 9:24
https://open.spotify.com/show/2nF61IfAmvC9m5Xnn4Ohb7
📰 The Christian Ledger
Christian journalism rooted in Scripture.
https://substack.com/@thechristianledger
📱 Faith IRL
Christian life beyond Sunday — for teens.
https://substack.com/@faithirl
✝️ Able By Grace Ministry
March sermons and reflections on disability and divine purpose.
https://ablebygraceministry.blogspot.com/
💚 The Truth I Stand On
Cerebral palsy is not the flaw in my story.
It is part of the design.
It shaped how I love.
How I write.
How I understand grace.
This month is not about proving disabled people are inspirational.
It is about declaring:
We are image-bearers. 🕊️
We deserve love stories. 💍
We deserve romance. 💞
We deserve faith. ✝️
We deserve visibility. 👀
We deserve dignity. 👑
Awareness without dignity is noise.
But awareness rooted in grace?
That becomes ministry. 💚✨
With faith and gratitude,
Tylia L. Flores
Founder, Able By Grace Ministry ✝️
Christian Storyteller 📖
Stories That Heal 💚
