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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities and every year on this day, I reflect on what I wish I could tell my younger self. #IDPD2020 1/
Sweet girl, I know you’re trying really hard to fit in. You get highlights & go tanning because that’s what a lot of girls at school do. At 31, you’re going to have grey hair and you’ll wear SPF because it’s better for your skin. So is water, sleep & a good moisturizer. 2/
I know you have sticks for legs so wearing long pants feels better because you’re more comfortable when you don’t give other people things to ask you awkward questions about. I know you also wish your feet were bigger. 3/
This morning you got dressed from a closet full of little black dresses and short skirts and some of the designers are going to start making kids shoes so the options will get better. 4/
You’ll like sandals in the summer even though you’ll still have strange looking toes but if you put a little polish on them it’ll be fine. Also, people really don’t care what your toes look like. 5/
I know you don’t like recess or gym class but that part is going to get a lot better. You’re going to find solace in the gym & in being strong & someday people will call you an athlete. It’ll be weird at first but before long you won’t remember your life before it. 6/
Those friends you have from school are still going to be your friends & you’re going to travel with them & go to their weddings & meet their kids. You’re going to live in a different city from them but this thing called Zoom is going to take over so it’ll be okay. 7/
I know the world feels like a place that wasn’t designed with you in mind and it feels that way because it wasn’t. 8/
I know it’s lonely but you’re going to find a community of people that remind you of yourself, people that you’ll wish you knew sooner because it would’ve helped you feel less weird. It’s okay to be a little weird though. 9/
The world will give you a million reasons to want to be something other than who you are but try really hard not to listen. You’ll fall in love with people and places and music and you’ll be good at things. It gets better. #IDPD2020 10/10
