A Disability is NOT a Blessing
A disability is NOT a blessing! I have heard this throughout my life, but hearing someone else say it recently brought this gross misunderstanding back to my mind. A lady told my mom, "My daughter has been blessed with two diseases." I looked up the definition of blessing. It means "to bestow good of any kind upon." A disability is not good. It causes indescribable pain and torment for people. I am in the process of writing a book about my life, detailing what I have went through. It has NOT been good. I would not wish cerebral palsy on my worst enemy. Having to get four shots around my ankle last week was not a blessing. Driving almost two hours both ways to Augusta every six months to get pain medicine is not a blessing. Sleepless nights are not a blessing. Being cut on and having extensive recoveries from surgeries is not a blessing. What is even more disturbing is a well-known woman with a disability says, "I am suffering for Jesus." I ha