A Nose and a Chin

Nagging guilt has actually made me 

avoid the Cow for a while…

But, I found something that made me think 

and made me smile this morning.

Here’s a re-hash of the story 

I found this morning:

A lady in China never went to school… 

she was never taught to read or write.

She has cerebral palsy, 

so expectations were lowered for her. 

She can’t stand. She can’t use her hands.

And yet, she has published her own book… 

A book she wrote herself.

It’s titled: Greet You with a Smile. 

It took her three years to write this book. 

And, she wrote it using her nose and her chin! 

She typed the story on her ipad 

and her mobile phone.

She taught herself to read 

while watching television programs 

and by looking at a dictionary.

She has also written two short stories.

I love this quote from the author, Huang Yang: “Everyone encounters difficulties 

and setbacks in their lives. 

Some feel down about it 

and some solve it optimistically. 

Lying dead, or standing alive, 

it all depends on you.”

Huang Yang                             Photo credit: Women of China

While the news article calls Huang a girl, she is 28.

This is another story that proves that we should never set limits on what people can or can’t do.