Pride invisible

July is Disability Pride Month

Most people who meet me don’t see anything "different."
I’m articulate. Capable. Driven.
I write books. I lead classrooms. I send charming emails with lots of em dashes.

But here’s the quiet part: I experience the world differently. I always have.

I used to think I was broken. Too sensitive. Too scattered. Too much.
But I wasn’t broken. I was trying—in a world that wasn’t built for me.

Disability Pride Month, for me, is about honoring the versions of myself who didn’t know why things felt harder, louder, more overwhelming. It’s about rewriting the story that says success has to look a certain way—or that we have to earn rest, joy, or love.

I’m still learning to move through the world with softness.
Still learning to trust myself.
Still learning to celebrate how far I’ve come.

And always—always—still reading.

This July, here are a few audiobooks on my TBR that I hope feel like home.

Wait for You (Wait for You Series, Book 1) by J. Lynn (Jennifer L. Armentrout), narrated by Sophie Eastlake

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay, narrated by: Kirby Heyborne & Candace Thaxton

The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen, narrated by Leslie Bellair