Thank's For The Normalcy

Thanks to my parents who bent over backwards making sure I was allowed to do as much as I physically was able to do. Schooling, dancing lessons, driving lessons, shopping and household chores.

Thanks to my older sisters who never let me get away with anything. You never treated me as if I were handicapped. To you I was a very willful bratty little sister and a sometime friend.

Thanks to my teachers who treated me like everyone else. You never jumped in to help when I didn't ask for it. Thank you for seeing me and what I could be. You gave me choices and how to achieve them.

To be fair along the way I was told what people thought I couldn't do and I eventually proved them wrong. The real world made me work harder than home and school to be seen as normal. I was young and driven.

Now looking back I'm grateful to those who saw the real me and either  befriended me or didn't like me. Either way I was accepted as an equal, as normal. I respect those who reject my views instead of my physical appearance.

In my life I have achieved and taken for granted more things than I care to remember. Through the grace of God I received college degrees and teaching certificates. I have prayerfully lived through drama, trauma and success.

So thank you to all who raised me. From birth to adulthood it's been a challenging journey. Thank you to all of my friends and associates who accepted me and some not. I'm a pretty stgrong personality and you treated me as normal and for that I am grateful.