On her show, Wendy Williams openly mocked every adult and child wh has a cleft lip. I am one of those people and I am angry over her actions. At about the 11:00 minute mark in the video below, Ms. Williams discusses the actor Joaquin Phoenix and references the scar…

We are both underdogs with the odds stacked against us, we both came out winners. — I don’t normally watch the Kentucky Derby, but this year I decided to watch based on a gut feeling I had. Little did I know how much a 2 minute horse race would be the reminder I needed of how far I came! The winning horse was an underdog with…

It’s been with you your whole life and you didn’t know it. — What do you want to do when you grow up? It’s a question you were asked at holiday dinners, in school, from family, and adults. You probably felt pressure from when you were in preschool until college and even into adulthood to find your purpose! …

The feeling of living in the moment with an anxiety-free mind! As I sat in the waiting room reading the waiver for my session in a sensory deprivation flotation tank, a particular line caught my attention: “I take sole and full responsibility for my thoughts and actions while in the…

My body never betrayed me…perhaps it is time I give it the recognition it deserves. Oh how I hate my body…let me count the ways! I have scars on my upper lip from a congenital birth defect, a bilateral cleft lip and palate. I have 6” long scars on both…