CerebralMomsy

Once upon a time a street-smart feminist from Evergreen fell for a funny podcast-loving socialist Greener on Tinder. Radicalism and internet dating is the beginning of every great modern relationship... Let's be real, I fell for Tom the minute he lifted his pant leg and showed me his Zoidberg on our first date. When so many Evergreen forces collided together at once, I knew it had to be fate. Destiny. Our stars were perfectly aligned. I don't believe in soul-mates (we can love multiple people fiercely in our lifetime), but I do believe in great loves. In my past relationships, my partners were never my best bud or greatest confidant, they were people I liked, admired, and for the majority, they were people I respected. Then I met Tom.   Think Jack Pearson from This Is Us,  Derek Shepard from Grey's Anatomy , or River Song from Doctor Who . Tom is my Jack, Derek, River, and Christina Yang, for that matter, all rolled into one. He is my person. My equal. My ment...

As parents-to-be there are several new changes that occur during pregnancy and beyond. Some changes I expected, others I didn't even consider to be a possible barrier until they were, such as the art of clipping my toe nails and perfecting how to get into bed without flopping on my face. For a person with a mobility disability some of these tasks are even trickier (yes, trickier than flopping on my face). I'm rather used to it, but I'm afraid the little snooker growing inside of me isn't. So, if given an option, I try not to resemble a penguin belly-sliding into a pile of blankets and pillows as part of my nightly routine. Throughout my adulthood, I've been asked a slew of questions about being a person with a disability and whether parenthood is even feasible for me. I will address some popular topics in this blog and save the most common one about whether or not my CP is contagious in a future post called "Hereditary". First, let's start with t...

You don't know yet, but I am nine weeks along a journey that will last the rest of my life. While nine weeks seems like a blip in time, I've learned a lot during this brief amount of time... One: everyone has an opinion and story; and two; you don't have have to listen. Why write a pregnancy blog if I believe this? Because pregnancy isn't just a transformation, it can for some be an isolating experience, regardless of whether or not a person has a support system. Pregnancy as they say is an individual experience. No two women will experience the same thing and even if they share the same symptoms it can effect them in different ways. In this blog I seek to understand this new and often confusing journey called pregnancy. I will attempt to answer poignant questions like, what the hell is happening? Is there a manual? Which fast-food chicken nuggets are the healthiest? And--will my baby be a dinosaur? (alas, we just found out baby is indeed human so no vegetarian ...