I am most grateful for my fully functioning body. I am deeply grateful for each of my senses. I appreciate the wind in my face and the wild way it throws my hair around. I can look upon my loved ones & nature & art. From my bed, I can detect bacon being cooked in the kitchen & savor it's flavor after it has lured me from slumber. I love to sing (badly) along to my favorite songs and look forward to the first faint notes of song birds returning home in the spring. This is my son Riley at about 18 months old at an outdoor concert at Branbury State Park. Riley is brilliant. Riley is creative. Riley is amazing. Riley is hearing impaired. Everything I know about being an advocate, Riley has taught me. Every single sound I appreciate and relish, I filter through a fine net of gratitude. I very much appreciate my working, able, beautiful body. I very much appreciate my wonderful son and what he is here to show me about ability, strength and perseverance.
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