May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recent years, the focus on improving mental health within our general population has been an ongoing effort as mental health crises continue to rise post-pandemic. Some experts indicate that in 2022, about 59.3 million U.S. adults reportedly experienced some form of a mental health condition.
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I know I will never fully understand the lived experience of the tragedies that preceded my lifetime, and I am grateful for the times I have been challenged to truly sit in recognition of and empathy with the lived experiences of queer and trans elders across many intersections and identities. A queer millennial comic I admire mused on a podcast: “I never experience homophobia — or barely.” The Midwest and the world at large have changed a lot since the 1980s. While I can point to several exceptions, generally, I am fortunate enough to know what she means.
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Until she was five years old, Tobiloba Ajayi, the CRO of #LetCPKidsLearn Foundation, Nigeria, didn’t realize she was born with cerebral palsy. Tobi has been confronted with questions about what it means to live with cerebral palsy in Nigeria. In this interview, she tells us her fondest memory of Valentine’s Day, her first heartbreak, and the tough questions she had to ask in relationships as an adult with special needs.
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Self-love has not only been co-opted and commercialized; it has morphed into yet another ‘industrial complex and a system perpetuating self-hate, loathing, and dis-ease with one hand while delivering us right into the arms of a highly profitable “solutions.”
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In shedding the pursuit of “self-confident-lady-boss,” I felt my foremothers exhale a sigh of relief. I became who we have always been: women of faith, women of Love. Our faith and love finding its expression, its home, in community and in service. What I’ve come to realize is that what the world needs is not more confident leaders, but a deeper consciousness of our interdependence; a celebration and cultivation of our interdependence.
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