Category: Living with OCD/CP
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Volunteering-Part 1
A nursing home, a hospital, a library and the Red Cross… what do these places all have in common? Well, let me tell you. They are four places I have volunteered.
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High School
For some, this blog will be about the best four years of our entire lives! Sadly, for a lot of us, these four years have come and gone! OUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS! It’s all downhill for us now folks- no more fun in life! NO, JUST KIDDING!
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It’s A Wonderful Life
I’m like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
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Happy Endings
The director (the one that originally recommended the Columbus State program to me) at ARC South hired me on as a habilitation assistant! I WAS SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY! Going from being a participant to being on staff was totally awesome!
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Seeds
Well, God had planted a seed for me years earlier! Remember how I told you all about the one year certificate program to become a habilitation assistant. That was my answer!
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ARC
All my life there have been two jobs that have really appealed to me, being a cashier and working with computers!
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Swimming
You’ve heard the saying, “the world is your stage.” Well, my stage was any body of water- from the smallest to the biggest- swimming pool, pond, or ocean. I could swim even before I could walk.
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Video Blog – Part I
Three videos, in Part 1 of a video blog, where Cate sits down for an interview. The short videos present Cate’s take on a variety of topics.
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Crawling To Victory
I like coming up with ways to do things that my CP would normally get in the way of doing! When I get determined to do something, there’s no stopping me! You know what they say, “If there’s a will there’s a way”.
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First Bus Ride
I’ve always felt loved and so protected! My Mom was a little extra-protective of me because of my CP. She was never overbearing or stifling! I could usually talk her into what I wanted to do.