Being a teen with CP By JumpinJ16

Being a teen with CP.....

Being a teen with CP means not getting invited to Fridays big party.
Being a teen with CP means sticking out in in crowds
because you are the only one in a wheelchair.
Being a teen with CP means not having as many friends as every one else.
Being a teen with CP means still trying to join a clique your senior year.
Being a teen with CP means being very shy.
Being a teen with CP means going for days without talking to any one.
Being a teen with CP means not getting your drivers license.
Being a teen with CP means thinking you are crazy because no one
around you understand what you are going through.
Being a teen with CP means getting talked to like a two year old by kids your age and younger.
Being a teen with CP means filling your book bag so full with magazines, tapes, and CDs.
So that people will come up to you and ask you if they can read the magazines,
and listen to the music.
Being a teen with CP means getting a lot of operations to be able to walk.
Then having to recover and start learning how to walk all over again.
Being a teen with CP means that online is your best friend.
Being a teen with CP means you are very lonely.

For just one day.....
If I could be any one for just one day.
Would I be a skateboarder?
I would be able to fly on nothing except a skateboard. I would be popular.
Every one would talk to me, invite me to parties. I would be so skinny
that I would fit in a size 5. Every one would want to look and act like me.
If I could be anyone for just one day.
Would I be the most popular girl at school?
I would have tons of friends. I would be invited to every party. I would not
be shy. I could run up to any one and talk.
If I could leave my walker and wheelchair at home for just one day.
I would be "normal". No one would think I am retarded. Because I have to walk
with a walker. I would be able to keep up with every one when I walk. I
would feel like I am walking on air. I would be myself. Because that
would be another day that I could work toward my goal. To make my
Cerebral palsy not noticeable.

Am I different...
Am I different from the rest, because I have to walk around with a bunch of metal?
Am I different from the rest, because I ride around in a chair with big wheels?
Am I different from the rest, because I am a little slow?
Am I different from the rest, because I fall a lot?
Am I different from the rest, because I can't play a lot of sports?
Am I different from the rest, because I get a lot of operations?
No, I am not different from the rest. I just have trouble walking.

What would it be like....
What would it be like to walk by myself? It might feel like walking on air.
It might get painful and tiring. What would it be like to skateboard?
It might feel like flying on nothing except a skateboard.
It would be painful if you fall when you are trying to show off.
What would it be like to cheer lead? It might feel like you can do any thing.
Run, jump, do flips, cartwheels What would it be like to be your own self?
Today every one wants to be someone except their selves.
Its all a vicious circle. I want to be like some one, they want to be like someone
else, they want to be like me.

By JumpinJ16

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