Friends
Everything happens for a reason. That’s something I try to tell myself often, even when it gets tough. However, it’s hard to think so when it comes to the questions that I ask myself; such as: “Why do I have… Continue Reading
Acceptance
Our differences make us who we are
While growing up in two different places, I never really stood out in the crowd. I was just normal, in a good way I suppose, and I didn’t think much of it. Although I feared new environments due to my shyness,… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “That’s Life”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. When I was twelve years old, I was sitting in the lunch room, and in an… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “Tourette Syndrome will always be a part of me”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. At ten years old, I was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and it has had an impact… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “The Same Kind of Different as Normal”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. “All the world is full of suffering. It is all so full of overcoming.” – Helen… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “Life’s a Twitch”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. One of my all time favorite quotes is by Scott Hamilton, “The only disability in life… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “Growing Up with Tourette”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. Eleven years ago: I sit, legs crossed, looking down at the brightly colored shapes and letters… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “What It’s Like to Be Me”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! I have Tourette but Tourette does not have me. I have… Continue Reading
2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “The Imaginator”
This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. It was Halloween season and the teacher handed out gigantic Goosebumps posters. Without warning, they exploded… Continue Reading
I have this thing…
Do you know that feeling when you have something to say but you don’t know how to say it? It’s like you know the thoughts and you can feel the emotions, but you don’t know the words. Every morning you… Continue Reading