Kate and Mandy speak to Krystal, an adult Peashoot mum with a disability raising able-bodied kids. Krystal was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, works as a social worker and is mum to two daughters. Krystal accidentally found Too Peas while seeking a podcast that talked about parenting with a disability, but found she could relate to the Peas, but from her own different perspective!

As the basis for the discussion, Krystal reads through an email that she sent to Kate and Mandy, who both found it incredibly moving and powerful and invited her onto the podcast as a result.

In the email, Krystal shares her experiences growing up with a disability, and in particular the profound realisation she had about her life and the world at only 6 years old. She also shares a very rectum school experience at age 15 that made her feel like her disability would later make her a bad mother.  

Krystal also talks about her own particular experience of mothering and guilt, the understanding she’s since gained about her own parent’s feelings of guilt and pain, and the guilt she can sometimes hear in the Pea’s stories. 

She also talks about her own unique experience of milestones and smilestones as a parent, the times in which she’s had to swallow her pride and ask for help and the one teacher who saw her intelligence despite the challenges.  

Krystal also gives a few bombshell insights that make Kate and Mandy cry, and that every Pea should hear. Thank you Krystal!

Other Pea Business

Here are all the wonderful businesses mentioned in Laugh, Cry, Make A Difference

• Amelia’s Cookie Co

• Cheese Therapy

• Dinner Ladies

Plus:

·     Buy our book The Invisible Life Of Us to keep it on the bookshelves so all the other Peas can find it!

·     Get a signed copy and deck yourself out in some excellent Too Peas merch here!

·     Listen to our Spotify playlist – Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas Love

·     Melbourne forecast for Thursday October 14 – Showers developing, 19 degrees

·     Join our Facebook Hangout

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