He hasn’t hit me Yet

But……he hasn’t hit me……yet. It’s ok that he demands me to not speak with this person, or wear these clothes, or not go out at night without him…….because he loves me.  He must really love me when he’s texting me throughout the day, and calling me to ‘check in’ check up, on me. Where are …

“See me, not my label.”

I feel the importance of sharing this title with you, as I observe it all too often within society. I have Dysarthria due to a motorbike accident in Thailand, in 2002. If anyone referred to me as “Dysarthria Dann” or as having a “dysarthric daughter”, I’d be mortified, and feel very low in confidence and self …

How can we learn without questions?

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life” Confucious Please do ask what’s up with my mouth. Do discuss openly with your children, friends, colleagues and family, why I sound the way I do……if you know…..but if you don’t…….just ask. …

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone.

“Don’t tell me what they said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable saying it around you” ‘pinterest’ So what is up with my mouth? Do you really know? or just like to think you know? I have heard some comical, over-dramatized explanations, that used to make me very angry, but through time, …