Ah, love is in the air... Valentine's Day is here again and the streets are filled with people selling bouquets of roses, boxes of chocolates and teddy bears. Those super cheesy little things that many people hate but that I, personally, love. Until a couple of years ago, to me the date was nothing more than a vile reminder that I was going to be left on the shelf, because I had been single since before I started college. I kept wondering if anyone would ever notice me. And when you have a disability, finding love can become a huge challenge, because unfortunately prejudice and stereotypes about us still abound in the rest of society. Do you remember the article in which I complained about how it seems that when we become adults we disappear from the radar? Well, that's precisely why. People continue to see us as forever children, as innocent little angels or as asexual beings, which when looking for a partner can be a real pain in the rear. It is assumed that we only get toget...
Hi, I'm Gaby! I'm a twenty-something grandma, world citizen, hopeless pacifist, social worker and activist. Topics I like to write about include the Consistent Life Ethic, growing up in a binational household, Liberation Theology and navigating life with a disability.