I always talk about the positive side of of having a disability and proving society wrong every day that us people with disabilities are very strong! I know there are times when it is funny. When I use to get ill from my disease, I use to tell myself laughter is medicine.

I decided that I will laugh at my disability instead of feeling sorry for myself. What's the point in being sad about the situation when you can just laugh? That's what I did. I have many funny stories that involve my disability but I will tell two.

The first one is about how I had to chase my dog around the neighborhood in my wheelchair. I have a Labrador Retriever named Chloe. I had her since she was a puppy. I love her to death! Well one day, I wanted to take her for a walk. I tied her leash to the handles on my power chair.

We went for a walk and everything was going great! Well, I didn't know the leash was untied so that meant she was loose and she didn't know it yet either. I tried to grab her before she noticed but of course, she figured out she wasn't tied up. Chloe gave me this devilish look and ran off. I had to put my chair on the fastest speed and chase after her. I chased her for about thirty minutes. I called my mom to ask for help. Chloe was having herself a great time. Since I was in my wheelchair, I couldn't grab the leash.

Thank Goodness, my mom came with her car and picked up Chloe. At that moment all I could do was laugh. No, I wasn't going to be upset because I couldn't physically get her. I thought it was funny how fast I had to go in my chair and how Chloe wasn't stopping.

The second story, I was at Furman University and Hurricane Irma was going on. Greenville had a big storm and all the rest of the schools in South Carolina shut down except my home sweet home, Furman (Go Dins!). My wheelchair isn't able to get wet because of my battery.

That morning, I heard the rain but it didn't sound too bad. I got dressed up so I could feel cute. I did my make up and hair. I went outside and it seemed like God just opened the floodgates of heaven and let it rain. I had my umbrella which seemed fine until it decided to flip inside out because of the winds. I just put my hoodie on since the umbrella wasn't going to work. I felt my wheelchair going in the opposite direction! That wind was so strong it moved a 300 lb wheelchair! I decided to call the wind "Irma's cousin" since the hurricane wasn't there but the wind was bad.

Throughout that whole day, I had to deal with looking a hot mess and trying to move my wheelchair in the right direction but Irma's cousin wanted the wheelchair to go the other way. The next day, my wheelchair had dealt with so much when I tried to move it, it was squeaking as if it was crying from all it went through. My roommate and I just laughed. Yes, I was upset at first because the wheelchair I have cost as much as a car but I laughed because I thought about how the whole situation was funny.

I wanted to show that it is okay to laugh at yourself sometimes. We get caught up in focusing on the negative things in our life and we need to feel sad. Sometimes laughing is the best thing to do. I am not perfect and every day I just laugh because it helps the soul. When I figure out I can't physically do something, I try to laugh about it and make the situation funny. I try my best to see the light side of my disability because God gave me this disability for a reason. Be happy about yourself and laugh at yourself. Always see the light of things.