Living Through The Struggle and Still Finding Joy

It’s been 8 years since I suffered a catastrophic, series of life altering events that left me broken in every way. That being said, becoming a mother gave me a reason to live on and fight for myself so that I could always be the mom my son deserves. In that series of unfortunate events, I had physical and personal hurdles that seemed like climbing mountains or holding your breath under a big wave. And for me, the darkness of it all broke me even more. All four of my limbs are affected, which means that I am a quadriplegic.

I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I knew by the way people in the room with me were reacting, it was bad… All I could do was pray for myself and my unborn baby.

08/18/2016 Is the day, that I received my true miracle, my boy, my son Wyatt Daniel Rush. That was also the day that I promised to try to always live whatever life I could to the fullest, with joy, and to find love in what I had received. I really wasn’t afraid of being a 23 year old single mother, because I was raised by the most intelligent, eclectic, fearless, single mother. But my heart was broken because I was never going to have that Disney engrained “ Happily ever after” that I think most 23 women envision. In my mind I was living a Victorian lifestyle, where most people lost lot of people, or had a lot of tragedy by that age in that time period. But Wyatt and family were all I wanted and needed to find joy again. Through all of this pain, crazy medical diagnosis, and living with a spinal cord injury I have learned how to live with it and still progress through it. With this blog, I plan to share my experiences and knowledge, but I also plan to share how I have learned to live with it. I have various social media platforms where you can find me, and I plan to upload every week. Follow my social media, and you can email as well, but it’s easier to just DM me. I really appreciate you coming to my page and seeing what I have so far! XOXO. Chels 🦋