The Memoir Of Ms. Butterfly

Whenever I see my wheelchair, I see an accessory that I’m an honor to show off.

From this day forward, wheelchair users stop staring because it will not change what it is, or someone staring will not allow me to walk.

A wheelchair user should not give us an excuse not to live life. So many people already count us out as far as being a part of the human race.

We are brilliant.

We love doing the impossible.

We refuse to complain about minor things.

Wheelchair users continuously have to fight to belong to a place where they are not wanted.

Especially in the workplace, because what anyone can do is look at the chair.

If people could only realize that our limitation doesn’t hold us back from working, what holds us back is people not giving us opportunities to prove our ability beyond our physical limits.

Most of us do not mind collecting a month-to-month check because more comfortable being in the outside world is receiving a lot of no. A month to month, no one can survive. Having a job is a real accomplishment because it allows us to feel valuable and open doors for others, just like ourselves.

We can also birth to our children and love them more than someone with two good legs despite our limitations.

Love has no limitations, so no one else has the right to places limitations.

I’m a woman first, and my chair is not going to be a stop sign.
Ms. Butterfly Genesis