CONSTANT PAIN
Before then, I had been just a child
with a constant pain in the leg. With
the prescription, I became a
physically disabled child. Yet, I had
not been born with a disability.
Nothing I had lived through so far
had prepared me for this. Coming at
an age when I felt like I needed to fit
in with my peers, my self-esteem
took a hit. Scratch that. It took a
major blow. I remember lying in bed,
crying and saying over and over
again that I wanted to die.
Thankfully, my mother would not let
me give up. She made sure that I
learnt to use the crutches and that I
remained in school.The following year, I was admitted to
a certain School for the physically
disabled for my secondary
education. Here, for the first time, I
felt like I belonged. No one was
pointing fingers or stopping to stare
at me. I made friends. I was
surrounded by people with even
bigger struggles than I had and this
motivated me to keep going.
The pain was still there but I now
had a renewed purpose. I was going
to work hard at school and pursue
journalism so that I could become a
voice for the disabled in the remote
areas of the country, the ones who
did not have a supportive family or
parents who were not as determined
as mine were.
with a constant pain in the leg. With
the prescription, I became a
physically disabled child. Yet, I had
not been born with a disability.
Nothing I had lived through so far
had prepared me for this. Coming at
an age when I felt like I needed to fit
in with my peers, my self-esteem
took a hit. Scratch that. It took a
major blow. I remember lying in bed,
crying and saying over and over
again that I wanted to die.
Thankfully, my mother would not let
me give up. She made sure that I
learnt to use the crutches and that I
remained in school.The following year, I was admitted to
a certain School for the physically
disabled for my secondary
education. Here, for the first time, I
felt like I belonged. No one was
pointing fingers or stopping to stare
at me. I made friends. I was
surrounded by people with even
bigger struggles than I had and this
motivated me to keep going.
The pain was still there but I now
had a renewed purpose. I was going
to work hard at school and pursue
journalism so that I could become a
voice for the disabled in the remote
areas of the country, the ones who
did not have a supportive family or
parents who were not as determined
as mine were.
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