Glass Half Full
My Resilient Life with Cerebral Palsy
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Ever since my birth, two months premature, I have never been what one might call normal. In my case, there is a long list of things that I have never been physically able to do; the things that non-disabled people, I imagine, take for granted. I have never felt the wind in my hair as I ran down a beach. I have never danced without stiffness and spasticity in my legs. I have never hiked a mountain trail or participated in a team sport. I was always picked last when teams were selected during recess in the schoolyard. Nobody saw me as a valuable asset for a team. I have never ridden a bike without training wheels. I have never walked a dog. All things I longed to do, but that were beyond my capabilities. My disability precluded my participation in all of these physical activities. Running, dancing, jumping, riding a bike, walking normally were always beyond the scope of my ability. But my focus now, as I reflect, is not on the things that I could not accomplish but rather, on what I have been able to achieve due to God’s grace and despite all odds. The glass has always been half-full, but it has taken me almost a lifetime to realize the true reality and blessing of my existence. I guess the best way to explain is to start from the beginning…
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Author Kathleen Mulroy Wynands was born with cerebral palsy and has lived with its effects her entire life. Despite this challenging affliction, she did not let it define her. She had dreams, and she did what she could to realize them and bring them to fruition. In Glass Half Full: My Resilient Life with Cerebral Palsy, Kathleen shares an honest, heartfelt, and often humorous personal narrative detailing her journey of adversity and the challenges living with a disability. Beginning with her birth, she provides a glimpse into her life as a middle child in a large, chaotic family. Her life has been fraught with difficulties related to her mobility challenges, and those were compounded by the dysfunction of divorce and remarriage within her nuclear family. She strives daily to overcome and rise above her circumstances, be positive, and always see the glass as half full. Ultimately, by the grace of God, she has triumphed over her happenstance and has realized her dreams of becoming a wife, mother, and teacher of those with special needs. This autobiography offers the inspirational story of one woman’s life dealing with cerebral palsy, encouraging you to face life with fortitude and courage and to never give up.
About the Author
Kathleen Mulroy Wynands worked as a teacher in the field of special education for more than two decades. She sought to inspire her students to go for their dreams and not to be held back by their disabilities. She never loses sight of God’s blessings, His mercy, and His guiding hand in her life. A wife, mother, and grandmother, she lives with her husband in Pennsylvania.