Broken Lives Matter

 Hello Lovelies!      Below is the most amazing thing I've seen all day:) Indeed, he's an incredible individual. As an English language lover, let me break this down. "Tetra" is from the Latin, meaning "four". "Amelia", aside from its obvious charm, means "improve." So let's think about our man Prince Randion (coolest name ever) in a different way, as I believe is an improved viewpoint for all people with a disability. His "lack" of four extremities didn't detract from his experience at all. Indeed, finding ways to compensate for what wasn't there improved  Randion's life! One could argue it did so in four ways-- giving him mobility, adaptability, fortitude an purpose.     Wouldn't it be spectacular if everyone thought of a disability that way? That instead of the lack of something (a limb, neuro-typical thinking) or the presence of a condition (Cerebral Palsy, auto-immune difficulties, paralysis) what was em...

 Lovelies,      It has been the most wonderful evening! My first ever Seder dinner at the church where I attend, and though I arrived a little late with my friend on this foggy, drizzly night, we were not the latest! That turned into an even bigger miracle when two friends, a couple I haven't seen or heard from in 10 years, whom I thought I had nothing in common with and had resigned myself to never seeing again-- were seated next  to me:) Oh the joy when I figured it out!     In my peripheral vision, I couldn't see their faces very well, and I was embarrassed to turn and look straight at them. I recognized them both as soon as the man opened his mouth:) Hearing a voice often helps me recognize a face. Have you ever noticed that in yourself?     My long-lost friend and his wife held court over the table for the rest of the night. They prompted conversations and helped serve the food! Sometimes I even felt like it was the three  of us lea...