Tag: belong

• Voice

  

  I can’t be scared of who I am.
  I am not a superwoman, even though I love playing someone who can and should be able to do it all.
  Women have been seen as weak beings that should be seen and not heard for centuries.
  It’s taken me 41 years to discover that my voice matter. I’m not going to lie and say that I still struggle with people listening to me and also realizing that I should not kill myself to be everything to everyone else in my life if I won’t be everything else to the person I am.

  Ms. Butterfly Genesis

  September 26, 2022

  belong, matters, realistic, Struggles, Voice

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• Independence

  Everyone with a disability looks for independence in many different ways.
  One way I am looking for my freedom is by having my place where I can call home.
  It’s hard for someone with a disability to find a place to call home because many apartments are not build up for people with different abilities.

  That shows how little we matter to a world that doesn’t work except indifference from others.
  No matter what the world feels or thinks, we belong just like everyone else.

  Many people might think, why would you want to live on your own if you need so much help, but why wouldn’t you? I deserve the chance that everyone gets as they get older; they want to leave the nest, and I’m almost 40, so it’s time.
  To leave the nest & discover newfound freedom for me.

  My chair should not define my independence; I should do what my heart desires as long as I want for myself.

  Ms. Butterfly Genesis

  August 19, 2021

  belong, discovering, do it, freedom, knowing, knowledge, Stop

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• Body Shaming

  Hoe is a disrespectful word.
  It’s a word to describe a woman that has no self-respect for themselves.

  I’m the complete opposite of a scraper. I respect myself cause I’m not throwing myself to the highest bitterness about getting anything I want.

  I define who I’m as a woman.

  
  I believe my clothes and consent of my body I decided what to show doesn’t make me a hoe.

  
  A wheelchair under my ass gets me looked at because, after all, Americans like to pretend like they have not seen someone in a wheelchair.

  
  I choose to show off what God has blessed me with because half the world believes we should not be heard or seen because of our disabilities.

  
  As a disabled woman, I have not always been comfortable with my body.

  Still, honestly today, I can say I have slowly become pleased with myself and what my body has become today.
  With all that said, I’m not going to hide anymore or allow anyone to body shame me. I did too much body shaming to myself, so enough.
  Ms. Butterfly Genesis

  

  August 16, 2021

  belong, happiness, Love, myself, powerful, Proud, Sassy, sexy, Strength

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