Sonia Beltz is a former digital editor for Love What Matters based near Dayton, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. In her free time, you can find her writing, reading, or researching random historical facts online. Follow her on Instagram at @skatbel.
“My baby was so very still inside me. I wasn’t crying, I was just in shock and rubbing my belly.”
“With pain as a power source, I would be able to easily pop open a can of soda without using my feet to hold the can steady. These scenarios hit differently when you’ve got something chronic and real.”
“The night prior, I walked home by myself in the dark, and I actually felt relatively safe. But this was a disturbing image of everyone’s actual worst nightmare.”
“The day I began packing my sedan to move, I got a phone call. If I had chosen differently, I would not have met my special someone.”
“I wasn’t there to watch him come into this world, but I can’t wait to see what impact he has on it.”
“The way she looks at life after all she has been through is something I aspire to have. I am so excited to watch her grow and enjoy life.”
“’He’s wearing earmuffs, and it’s warm out so I’m guessing he’s a r*tard.’ Days like these make me realize there is so much work to still be done.”
“If my vision fails, I know I can still play and teach. That is what keeps me going. There is no plan B. There is only this.”
“Society’s expectations for blind and visually impaired people are extremely harmful and outdated.”
“Sleeping in hospital chairs, riding with our child in the back of an ambulance, learning to understand a non-verbal child…we wouldn’t change it for anything.”
