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About Jasmine Duckworth

Jasmine has been working with Christian Horizons since 2004, and has been disabled herself since 2015. When not working as a Community Development manager she is a mum, wife, and obsessive knitter. She blogs personally at 8to10jellybeans.wordpress.com 8to10jellybeans.wordpress.com and can be reached at jduckworth@christian-horizons.org

Doing vs. Being

Last night I did what I do every night as the day winds down, I mentally went through my day and noted all the things I didn’t get done.  The list was long. The tasks should have been easy.  I felt like I had failed at life, and this was a familiar feeling because this is a familiar routine. 

By |2023-08-21T14:43:51-04:00August 17th, 2023|Reflections, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Disability Pride: Community Pride

Crossing the threshold of being disabled myself has been such a privilege and a joy because it has transformed the way I can connect with people. Even if our diagnoses are wildly different, and our bodily experiences seem to have little in common, there’s still a deep understanding of what it is to live in a way that doesn’t always fit the systems of our world.

By |2023-08-24T13:14:10-04:00July 28th, 2023|Personhood, Reflections, Uncategorized|1 Comment

When my body won’t hold me anymore – music and mortality

I laid in my stretcher outside the operating room listening to the metallic clink of the doctors preparing their tools and I gave my fears, hopes, and doubts over to God.  I had connected with family and friends.  Made sure people knew I loved them.  The odds were good I would see everyone again but my health had been declining steadily for two years and I didn’t trust my body anymore.

By |2022-06-29T15:35:41-04:00June 29th, 2022|Stories, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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