This is 48 💙 Year 47 started like many birthdays did for many last year.....in a pandemic and amidst many atrocities & injustices - same as today unfortunately. Thus this past year has opened my eyes & heart wider to what I needed to learn & unlearn, to the deepest love I’ve ever known, to whom mattered most to me, to what I appreciate most in life, to my blessings (some which I honor well and some which I must work at honoring better), and to the greater needs of the world in my immediate circles and beyond my lived experience. Where there has been pain, there is also healing. Where there has been sorrow and loss, there has also been joy & rebirth. Where there has been shocking apathy & senseless division, there have also been love warriors emerged and united. Some personal doors closed this past year of life, but many new brilliant ones opened. Through both the constant and the ever changing & evolving, one mantra has remained with me..... GIVE love RECEIVE love BE LOVE For my Birthday this year, it only felt right to pay it forward to positive change, so in the spirit of #AutismACCEPTANCEmonth and also #OccupationalTherapyMonth, I have partnered with the wonderful people of @smashlifesf to launch this #WeCAAAN campaign to raise money for AUTISM SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK and @CultureShockLA ‘s AWESOME SHOCK DANCE THERAPY program serving Neurodivergent children. LINK for more info in my BIO. Whether by buying a shirt, sharing this post or sending good energy/love/prayers, your support is appreciated. May we ACCEPT, AMPLIFY the voices of, and APPRECIATE our Autism family around the world. Here’s to building a more loving, inclusive, equitable, liberating, united and safe world FOR ALL together 💙♾ #WeCAAAN #Autism #AutismAcceptanceMonth #ArnelAutismAcceptance #AndrewAutismAcceptance #ACCEPT #AMPLIFY #APPRECIATE #GiveLove #ReceiveLove #BELOVE (at Love) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNn4ki5BuY-/?igshid=1cr9qwkul895z