| Normalcy (not) • Yesterday I shared some introspection about living with a disability, and that ‘normalcy,’ is not, in my opinion, the ultimate goal. (This took 30 years, because at the surface, normalcy seemed like resolve and the best case scenario for so long.) The truest form of success is experiencing ones self and others with embrace and understanding. Living within underrepresented, devalued, and disregarded intersections ( Black, Woman, Disabled ) comes with its share of challenges, but it is not an identity to ‘overcome. ‘ It is spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausting to be labeled as a ‘fighter.’ Is it a fight, or is this my life? Progress, movement, and strength comes from living through, living with, and finding ones space.
Environmentally, culturally, and socially we have so much work to do. No longer, do we want to consistently have to ‘prove,’ our value in order to sit at tables, that were built on an prejudicial status quo.
This is just a snippet of my story. Stories have power. Stories change things. Stories kill stigmas. Stories challenge the status quo.
Black History • 365.