Get off your high horse and out of your comfort zone on this chill in the air, no malaise Sunday.

So your knee jerks and you have a touch of arthritis-flip it and listen up.

They had no more raisin bran muffins left at our local deli so we went to corn, Plan B. The restaurant only had a 6:00 or 9:30 time slot available to dine, so we chose another restaurant- yup-you got it.

One and done meager alternative are you kidding me choices .

Up early, in a time to make the donuts moment, we watched the news recount the time Christina Applegate, a.k.a. Kelly Bundy in Married with Children received her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was barefoot and being held by her co-star Katey Segal. She was grateful and weepy as she explained her continuing decline as she negotiates life with MS.

We binged watched her performance in Dead to Me on Netflix.

This piece of work is touted as her best and funniest performance. In Anchorman, with Will Ferrell, there were laugh out loud moments.
She is a versatile actress. Funny, clever, engaging and relatable.

So as we drank our early morning coffee and read the newspaper we came upon the story about “Dolls in Wheelchairs” at Disney. It was a preface to the article on the final ceremonies at The Paralympics being held today at the Stade de France in Paris.

This newly added diversity represents a population of children who live with the physical limitation of getting up and walking to the next exhibit. Seriously people.

In 2019 Ali Stoker (first caught our attention on Glee) was the first person on Broadway to perform from her wheelchair. She was paralyzed since youth from a spinal cord injury as a result of a car accident. She never begrudged her fate, studied performance art and went the distance, sitting down. If anything her disability served as a motivator and helped propel her all the way to her Tony winning performance in Oklahoma.
Ali Stoker has since become part of the #AerieREAL Role Model Campaign. It is a body positive and inclusivity initiative led by the underwear retailer Aerie. The campaign highlights a diverse group of women from varied industries and backgrounds and uses their unretouched photos in ads.

In the everyone got something category, grab a make it happen opportunity and make peace with a relative or friend you “walked” the path of life, lost touched with, but really enjoy.

So just for today let’s embrace our individuality, mix in our limitations and remember when it comes down to it- “It’s a small world after all.”