by Delaina Parrish and Patricia Parrish | Aug 23, 2021 | Ability Advocacy
What the Ancients Still Teach Us As I celebrate the accomplishments of the 2020 Paralympic athletes, I find myself relating the five foundational elements – Air, Fire, Water and Earth – advanced by our earliest global thinkers to the obstacles that...
by Delaina Parrish | Mar 25, 2021 | Lifestyle
Instead of sharing my life’s story of overcoming obstacles in honor of Cerebral Palsy Awareness day, I’m going to spice it up a bit. Spending my 21st birthday in Napa Valley in California taught me two important life lessons… 1. Life is too short not to enjoy good...
by Delaina Parrish | Mar 9, 2021 | Lifestyle
As we celebrate International Women’s Day, what piece of the Glass Ceiling do you represent in the mosaic? What narrative has been assigned to your life? Are you a survivor… a healer … the victim… a student … an athlete … a creator … are you a motivator…...
by Delaina Parrish | Feb 3, 2021 | Lifestyle
“Reflections deceive in self-defeat Crafted by glass intended to crack Whispers and cracklings of self longing To be undefined by the definitions of society Reflected by the notions we are not Yet we accept the stranger before us to satisfy the unbearable hunger for...
by Delaina Parrish | Jan 26, 2021 | Ability Advocacy
Although it was not what I (or any of us) imagined, or could have imagined, I am choosing something better: to be grateful for my gifts and to find discernment in the unexpected joys and sorrows of 2020. Through it all, the oxymoron known as “social distancing,”...
