Sophie Morgan Instagram – I turned 39 this month, and as I enter the last year of my thirties, I can’t help but reflect on how LONG it has taken me to get where I am.
I was injured at 18, so effectively, I lost a good year of my life in recovery, maybe more. Then, just as I was getting my life back on track, I got injured again and spent the next three years on bed rest. Then, finally able to start living again, I moved to London, a city I found deeply inaccessible and too scared to go to most places – lack of access or facilities – I effectively lived a half-life for the next two decades.
My inner ableism, compounded by the ableism that is so rife in our society, led me into some toxic and abusive relationships, and accordingly, even MORE YEARS were lost trying to get through or get out of them.
After I wrote my book, we came out of the pandemic (another year lost!), and my last most insidious relationship ended; I knew then I needed a change. To figure out what I needed in life, for and by myself.
And so, here I am, a year from 40 and, in many ways, only just getting going!! 😳.
The myth that we need to be married and have kids by this age is so detrimental to those of us who want a different kind of life. So, too, is the myth that being Disabled isn’t a valid or worthwhile existence. Thankfully I’ve finally reconciled my differences with both of these harmful stereotypes; this single Disabled Life is the best version yet, and – touch wood – long may it last.
So yeah, even though it’s taken longer than most to get going, I guess it’s better late than never!
(These photos are some of my highlights from Feb – biking, drawing, making new pals, campaigning, exercising and…making power moves with my extraordinary partner in crime, Keely. What more could I possibly need, apart from more sleep. I could deffo do with more sleep! 😂). | Posted on 03/Mar/2024 23:12:32
