Cory
Cory is a 33 year old Minnesota transplant and has resided in Colorado Springs for over 25 years. She is a single momma to her beautiful, intelligent and fiery daughters - Kinley (9) and Khyran (5). Together they enjoy going to local parks, movies, restaurants, and just spending time together. Cory is a huge Colorado Avalanche fan, enjoys music, trying new foods/restaurants, reading and of course, writing! She is a passionate advocate for those with disabilities; as she herself was born with a genetic, neuromuscular condition; and her oldest is autistic. She enjoys writing about her journey as a mother with a disability and strives to share her truth with the world.
Dating With a Disability: Always Looking Up
The world of dating has sure changed since I first entered it several years ago. Lots of things in our society have changed, as they do. But dating as a single mom of two...
It Takes a Village to Live With a Disability
I Can, and I Will.
Independence is a trait that has been interwoven into my personality, probably since birth. I consistently try to do as much as possible, despite my disability. It has been an...
What I Wasn’t Prepared For With Foster Children
A few months ago, we opened our home to our first foster care placement. We had completed hours of training, mounds of paperwork, had a thorough inspection of our home, and told our life...
Our First Foster Care Placement
At 10 pm, the phone rings. It's the placement supervisor from our foster care agency.
“Hey Cory. Are you up to taking an emergency placement tonight?”
My husband and I had gotten our two bio daughters...
Dear Parents of Child with a Disability
Parenting or being a full-time caregiver to a child with a medical or mental-health diagnosis or disability is hard. It is stressful. It is exhausting.
Before I go any further, let me preface this by...
Comcast: Inclusion Is Not Charity, It’s Good Business
Imagine controlling a TV using just your eyes. Maybe it seems like an over-the-top luxury to you. But what if you had a disability and this would make one facet of your life exponentially...
I’m Ok At Life… And That’s Ok
Today, my 2 year old had half of a granola bar for breakfast and then part of a cookie. I also let her cry for a few minutes in her room while I finished...
The Day a Ventilator Gave Me My Life Back
May 10, 2017. It's a day that will be forever engrained into my life as a major turning point. In the months leading up to that day, I had been sick with four separate...
Strength Through My Struggle
I recently came across an Instagram account of a woman close to my age who has a form of muscular dystrophy. While our disabilities are different (I have spinal muscular atrophy), many of the...
I’m a Real “Wheel” Mom!
Having physical limitations as a mom has been difficult because there are certain tasks for my girls that I’m not able to do. I’m not able to get them dressed or give them a bath. However, what I can do, is help pick out their clothes, or chat with them during bath time. Sadly, I haven’t found any way to assist with diapers… oh darn ;) I have found ways to make feeding them easier, safer ways to carry them, adapted games to play together, and many more tools and ideas that make mom-ing more accessible.