Hey out there!

Just wanted to give a quick thank you to all my readers…TeenCP wouldn’t have been this wonderful without all you other teens and supporters out there that take time out of there day to read my posts. I LOVE your emails…keep sending them my way if you have the slightest desire. It really makes my day hearing your guys’ stories, and knowing that some of you feel comfortable enough to vent to me, and relate with me as well. I feel so lucky to be a part of what we have going on here, it has truly impacted my life more than most may think. So thanks TeenCPers…I smile because of all your support.

Anywho, just wanted to say I went on this GREAT hike this morning with a nice group of people from our gym. I got a pic, yes– but its from after the hike, off of Pacific Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach. So beautiful. The hike had a bit up an uphill, complemented with a downhill (thank goodness) and there were some slippery rocky pathways, but nothing my sturdy legs can’t handle. :p Although…come to think of it, I did almost trip over my own two feet in the market today out of no where. Clumsy me haha…I’ll blame it on the muscle fatigue from my hike how about that? Okay where was I…ah yes, so the hike went great and the weather was nice and cool off the coast. Perfect for a morning hike. On the uphills, I always have a problem with my shoe sliding off my heel if I don’t tie it tight enough, my foot just wont have it! Its frustrating but its a quick fix luckily. I would walk everywhere barefoot if it wasn’t so socially unacceptable and unsanitary! Haha, I would get around so much faster that way, wouldn’t you agree?

I was talking with my mom the other day about having CP and all that good stuff, and I rememer telling her that I sometimes that because I have CP as mild as I do, I wonder if there are some of you out there who feel almost “bugged” by me talking about my experiences with CP. Like maybe, there’s some one with CP more severely saying, “oh she doesn’t have it that bad, what’s there to talk about….” and I guess what I am trying to say is that, I want you to know that even though I may not have CP to the extent that you do, or whoever that may be, I still feel like it’s important that I relate to you all in some way or another. Maybe not in the physical aspect of dealing with CP per say, but the emotional, and mental health of it all is just as important to me. I am aware that some of you have CP 5 times worse than I do…and yeah maybe me talking about my hike is irrelevant to you, personally…but I still want you to know that I want to still be able to be on the same level here, and say that Cerebral Palsy is something we ALL can talk about openly. If you think about it this way, we are all humans and CP is just something that we happen to live with. Sometimes it’s our insecurity, and sometimes it’s our motivation to go beyond the norm. Without CP, I don’t think I’d ever be as intrinsically motivated as I am today…. and that goes for everyone in the sense that maybe their insecurity isn’t that they walk funny, maybe it’s that they have a nervous laugh or tick, or they don’t do well in school. We all have something to share, and its just as all as valid as someone else’s story, right? So I hope some of you don’t feel like I’m just some girl who wants to talk about my life…I’m just a girl who wants to get people thinking. I want you to see something positive about yourself you may have never noticed, just by your own self-reflection. I believe people who self-reflect become so much happier, and well rounded…because like I’ve said before, life is all about perspective.

Have a nice week!

-Katy