Weekly  Diary contains what I did and how I felt during the past week. Weekly Diary will be published on my blog every Friday, For special reasons, the weekly diary will be delayed by a day or two. Let’s read my new weekly diary of February 21-27, 2025. This diary took place in Naples, Florida which is my Florida residence. Friday, February 21 - I spent overnight at the hotel in Tampa before today. I woke up around 7am and did my morning routine in the hotel room. I went down to the breakfast buffet. I left Tampa around 8am and arrived home around 10:30am. I ate a veggie ravioli from Carrabba's for lunch. I created a post about my first visit to Tampa on my social media. I took a shower before dinner. I went to Tommy Bahama for dinner with my caregiver, Danielle. At the restaurant, I got a Miss Sunshine cocktail (Lemon infused liquor, salted honey, pineapple)- it was a fantastic cocktail. I tried new Lobster Spring Rolls- it was really delicious. I had a filet mignon salad. ...

  Weekly Diary contains what I did and how I felt during the past week. Weekly Diary will be published on my blog every Friday, For special reasons, the weekly diary will be delayed by a day or two. Let’s read my new weekly diary of February 14-20 2025. ! This diary took place in Naples, Florida which is my Florida residence and Tampa, Florida.  Friday, February 14th - Valentine's Day - I get up close to 7:30am and got dressed. I wore a Tommy Hilfiger blush pink 3/4 sleeves sweater with a small heart on the top right of the sweater, blush pink casual capri pants, and matching bead dangle heart earrings. I placed an order from Einstein Bagels via DoorDash so I got avocado toast on Asiago cheese bagel for breakfast. I opened my Valentine's Day cards from my mom and my aunt with lottery tickets, I won $5 lottery scratch tickets. I skipped lunch because I was having a big dinner. I received a golden shell necklace from my cousin Karen whom I borrowed her similar necklace when she ...

I started falling in love with fashion when I was a little girl. I thought fashion would be my biggest dream and passion. From a little girl to a young beautiful woman, I would wear everything I want especially, pink which is my favorite color. I feel pretty obsessed with that color pink. Many grown-up girls wear everything pink. There are a lot of reasons why girls love pink. For instance, they behave like Barbie, pretend to be a girly-girl or a princess, and look beautiful as much as I do. Nobody can stop loving PINK ! As a little girl, I wore cute and adorable clothes including dresses, gym shoes, and Mary Jane shoes. I started wearing leg braces when I was a toddler because I needed the support due to my cerebral palsy. These leg braces can fit my comfortable shoes. I had short hair (my short hair looked like a tomboy lol). My hair started growing to be a medium length when I was around 13 years old. (In fact, I don't like short hair anymore because it's too tomboyish and t...

Although I could not speak on my own due to my cerebral palsy, I felt pretty frustrated and insecure about being nonverbal. However, it does not mean I have nothing to say. Now, I can communicate through my iPad. As I communicate with you, I want you to know that my CP doesn’t affect my mind at all and I don’t have any intellectual or cognitive issues. Cerebral Palsy is a neurological disorder caused by brain damage that affects a person’s ability to move, walk, and posture. Sometimes CP affects a person’s ability to speak which is caused by dysarthria. (Dysarthria is a speech disorder that causes muscle weakness in the neck or mouth. It can make it hard for people to speak. They may have trouble understanding what they do). People with cerebral palsy have different symptoms based on their physical abilities. Some people with cerebral palsy like myself cannot speak whereas others with cerebral palsy can speak or have speech impediments. Many people assume that people with nonverbal cer...

  Weekly Diary contains what I did and how I felt during the past week. Weekly Diary will be published on my blog every Friday. For special reasons, the weekly diary will be delayed by a day or two. Let’s read my new weekly diary of February 7-13, 2025. ! This diary took place in Naples, Florida which is my Florida residence. Friday, February 7th - I stayed home all day. I posted my new blog posts on Facebook.  I watched the Critics Choice Awards via my iPad. Unfortunately, my new favorite movie, Out of My Mind didn't win two categories - Best TV Movie and Best Actress in a Limited or TV Movie. But, the movie is still a success and memorable. I checked the web to see the movie's star, Phoebe-Rae Taylor who has cerebral palsy stuns in her sparkling black/silver palm tree fancy dressy suit via a photo. I am so happy that Wicked won 3 categories including the Best Director. Both Wicked and Out of My Mind are my new favorite movies.  Saturday, February 8th - I ate a spinach t...

Hi, everyone! I am so excited to start writing a weekly diary on my blog. Because my college writing assignment of daily diary inspired me to do a weekly diary. Weekly Diary contains what I did and how I felt during the past week. Weekly Diary will be published on my blog every Friday. For special reasons, the weekly diary will be delayed by a day or two. Let’s read my first weekly diary of January 31 - February 6, 2025! This diary took place in Naples, Florida which is my Florida residence.  Friday, January 31 - I stayed home all day. I started my own blog and published my first blog post. The first blog post got over 90 views within a couple of days. I got Miller’s via DoorDash for dinner- I had buffalo shrimp and tossed salad. I also got a strawberry ice cream bar for dessert via DoorDash. I watched “You’re Cordially Invited” (a romantic-wedding comedy movie starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon) via Prime Video on TV. It was a very hilarious movie. There are a lot of scen...

I am currently living in the best of both worlds- Greater Cincinnati and South Florida. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have been living with my parents for 28 years of my life. We have two wonderful family houses. My parents are in their late 60s and they have been taking care of me. Friendly and compassionate caregivers typically assist me with my personal care needs and outings when my parents need so much break from caring for me. Some of these caregivers are my friends. One day, I would become a homeowner with 24/7 care. I am totally capable of living independently.  I started living in South Florida for up to 6 months a year at the end of year 2021 (I was 25), (The law says I am a legal resident of Ohio and I can live in Florida for up to 6 months a year. Florida residents must live in the state for more than 6 months each year). Therefore, my parents bought their second family house in the region. They told me about their plan to live in Florida during the winte...

I just wanted to write a reflection on my first month of 2025 (January). January was pretty good but sometimes it was hard for me. I guess I will share some highlights of January with all of you. I started that month with posting my re-introduction reel on social media. As the new year approaches, I am striving to succeed in my career and I will continue advocating for my own rights. This is my crucial goal because I want to educate more people on how disabled people can live and work like everyone else.  There was shifty weather coming in South Florida and Greater Cincinnati during that month because of polar vortex. I was in South Florida all month. The region got 12 chilly/cool days - high temperatures of late 50's to 60’s and low temperatures of late 40’s to early 50’s. Greater Cincinnati obtained over a feet of snow. How crazy and insane I saw the weather! I felt like I don’t want to go back to my hometown, lol. 😂  My maternal cousin, Karen and her mom were coming down h...