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HELLO WORLD

Hi there,  the name is Faith Njahira, recent graduate of Special needs education majoring in Learning Difficulties and English at the great (yes I just called it great)Kenyatta University.
Until recently I was living in denial of being with muscular dystrophy  (well, for a long time I din't have a name for my condition but most of my life I have been aware that I am different). In becoming part of this blog I am hoping to share my life experiences as a person living with Muscular Dystrophy which I will be abbreviating as MD. This is a rather new term and a mouthful for most of you but hopefully in the end you will be more informed and aware and even sensitive yet no longer feeling pity for those of us that God chose to fight this battle with MD.
For my friends and family out there who might find this all a bit too much to wrap your heads around, do feel free to engage me with questions that may come into your mind.
Cheers!!

Col 3:23 In whatever you do, do it heartily as though for the Lord and not for man. ( This verse has been my lifeline since 2002.)

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