my silent voice – my silent voice/ my stil stem

Plans are not always solutions.

I make plans all day long. It’s my way of trying to keep my body in check. Not all my plans work out like I planned it.
Communication gives me back the control over my life which my out-of-control body steals away from me.
Plans sometimes work.
Sometimes not.
It’s not the end of the world if a plan doesn’t work.
Another plan wouldn’t have worked today either.
The best part is that I didn’t allow my disappointment to turn into a meltdown. That’s the very best plan if things don’t go according to plan.

Planne is nie altyd oplossings nie.

Ek maak planne heel dag lank. Dit is my manier om my lyf te probeer in toom hou.
Planne werk soms.
Soms nie.
Dit is nie die einde van die wereld as ‘n plan nie werk nie.
‘n Ander plan sou ook nie vandag gewerk het nie.
Die beste is dat ek nie die terleurstelling toegelaat het om ‘n meltdown te raak nie. Dit is die heel beste plan as dinge nie volgens plan verloop nie.
Kommunikasie gee vir my die beheer oor my lewe wat my uit-beheer-lyf van my steel.

Now my body is showing me how we underestimated him

To help me with my body, my dad and my sister are better than my mom. The best is if they help me to get my body to also do chores on the farm with them. The greatest highlight for me was when they helped me, with my body, so that I could join them in moving the sheep to our winter farm. Out there in the open air, with my Sister, walking behind the sheep, my body was super calm. It was the best feeling I have ever experienced.
My body did what it had to do. It was a big thing for me. This experience will always help me to keep my spirits up when I struggle with my body.

Nou wys my lyf my hoe ons hom onderskat het.

Om my te help met my lyf is my pappa en my sussie better as my mamma. Hulle help my baie mooi. Die beste is as hulle vir my help om my lyf te kry om ook goed op die plaas te doen saam met hulle.
Die heel beste vir my is toe hulle my gehelp het sodat die lyf van my die skape help trek het na ons winters plaas. Dit was die grootste prestasie wat ek nog behaal het met my lyf. My lyf het ons almal verbaas, die heel meeste van almal myself. Sonder my Sussie se hulp sou ons dit beslis nie kon reg kry nie. Sy het my so baie gehelp om my self in staat stel om my lyf te kry om op die regte tyd en plek, teen die regte spoed, die skape aan te jaag. Om die skape nie bang te maak nie, moes ek rustig bly. Om my lyf nie uit beheer te laat raak nie, is nie altyd maklik nie. Maar, daar in die buitelug, saam met my Sussie, agter die skape, was my lyf super rustig. Dit was die beste gevoel wat ek nog ooit beleef het.

Nou is ons waar ons nog altyd gedroom het om te wees.

My stem is nog steeds stil.
My lyf is nog steeds woes.
My hart is nog steeds seer oor die verlore tyd wat ons nie weer kan terug kry nie.
Maar ons toekoms is nou mooier as wat ons nog ooit kon droom om te wees.
Ons verstaan mekaar nou beter omdat ons met mekaar kan praat.
Ons verstaan mekaar nou beter omdat ons met mekaar kan praat.
Al is ons nou op ‘n beter plek om mekaar te verstaan, ons leer nog elke dag van mekaar. Ons leer om nie afleidings te maak bloot op wat ons sien nie, maar om mekaar te vra hoekom ons sekere goed sien. As ons mekaar nie kans gee om te praat oor hoe ons voel nie, verstaan ons mekaar verkeerd.

My ideas are also important

Thinking about stuff is my hobby because it helps me relax. To be able to share my thoughts is a big thing. Being able to share your thoughts is your chance to test your thoughts . Because you can test it, you can think out even better stuff. Your thoughts count too, don’t be afraid to express it.

My wishes for 2023

We are much smarter now than we were at the beginning of 2022. We can now use the knowledge we have gained to help others, but also to plan my future. Time is really an issue. I therefore plan to take it a little slower with my schoolwork this year so we can find time to get to things other than schoolwork as well.
For 2023, it is my wish that my sister will realize how much we love her so that, wherever she goes, our love for her will make her strong.

My thoughts on 2022. Part 2

My victory with Elizabeth Vosseller (“EV”) at my old school. I am infinitely grateful to EV for coming to Worcester. I hope that her love for us non-speakers, will reach our friends who have not yet received their voices. She is a woman who really puts her heart into her work but uses her head to make plans to help us. She is humble about herself, but her work really changes lives. If I had a say in it, she would have already been rewarded a Nobel Prize a long time ago. II hope that her effort in coming to Worcester pays off so that we can give other non-speakers hope as well.

My thoughts on 2022. Part 1

I made it in a regular school. I can’t describe to anyone how big it is for me to be able to say that. EVERYTHING I HANDED IN, WAS MY OWN WORK. It’s something I’m incredibly proud of. Our breakthrough at the exam board: I am very happy that the exam board will give us a chance to be able to have all the help I need in the exams,

Ek is vry (4)

Ons het dit so nodig om nie verwerp te voel terwyl ons so sukkel met ons moeilike lywe nie .Dit is nie nodig dat almal van my hou nie. Die blote feit dat ek vir die wereld kan wys wie ek is, met my woorde, is vir my genoeg. Om te kom tot waar ek nou is, is ‘n proses. Tyd was ons genadig, want ons kan nou terugkyk en sê dat ons die tyd gevat het wat ons gekry het en gesond geraak het.