Labels

 

I know that avoiding labels was and sometimes still is difficult for me. It took a long time before I responded to the question "Do you have children?" with a simple "Yes, one daughter.". I had felt the need to throw in "disabled" into the sentence and I wasn't exactly sure why. I wasn't wanting pity or sympathy. I wasn't using it as a display of an invisible badge of courage. I eventually realized that my daughter wasn't a label or a diagnosis. She was so much more but first and foremost; she was (is) my beloved daughter.

How do you feel about labels? 

How do you view those who label your child?

#letstalkaboutit #navigatingtheignorance