Facing Up to It author & inspirational speaker. I embrace my facial difference & help others appreciate their own qualities. Love Icelandic horses & rock music.

Seattle
Joined August 2012
Yes!!! Let's do this Seattle!!! We have added a special Sunday show at @TheTripleDoor!!! xitter.cf/thetripledoor/status/9… – at Portland, OR
Carbon Leaf have added a special seated, acoustic show this Sunday, September 10th at 7:30pm! Tickets & more info >> bit.ly/2eTO9VA
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2. If you meet someone like me say 'hi' or smile. NEVER stare
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You take the positives out of your setbacks and move on. There is no other choice if you want to find happiness.
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I don't think most people want to know your problems. They want happy friends, not ones with issues. They want you to stop being negative...
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I guess you deal with adversity and carry on living. To do otherwise is so limiting and psychologically damaging.
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I hope that when you meet someone with facial disfigurement, has a disability, etc., that you will be more inclusive and less judgemental
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“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result" ~Mahatma Gandhi
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"What Is Your Purpose?" @10MillionMiler #quote #leadership #business #wisdom #quotes RT @Timothy_Hughes @nxtstop1 – at Vancouver, British Columbia
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"The more you grow as a person, the less shocked you become about people who are different from yourself." ~Dale Brown
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Sitting in the dark. No power in the house in Lake Forest, IL after a heavy rainstorm.
@emma_c_williams @facinguptoit I reviewed both of your books at ccakidsblog.org/2013/08/summ… @CCAKidsTweet #SummerReading
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"Everyone is worthy of being loved regardless of what they look like or what others might say." - @facinguptoit ow.ly/1Z1LUW
"Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up!" -Erica Bauermeister (Joy for Beginners)
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When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible. RT #niceadvice
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The oddest and the best thing about being married to someone else is how much you find you learn, sometimes uncomfortably, about yourself.
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“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.” ~ Nicholas Sparks
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"The more you grow as a person, the less shocked you become about people who are different from yourself." ~Dale Brown
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Don't you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are. ~ Jo Blackwell-Preston
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RT “@principalspage: Many of life’s failures are people who didn't realize how close they were to success when they gave up - Thomas Edison”