The Frozen Pond of Chapter Openings

By Margaret Anne Mary Moore

“I didn’t realize at the time how much of a frozen pond my life was back then, at six years old.”

But I did realize the impact of this line as I crafted my memoir in my mid-twenties.

My debut memoir Bold, Brave, and Breathless: Reveling in Childhood’s Splendiferous Glories While Facing Disability and Loss chronicles my experiences navigating childhood with a physical disability, cerebral palsy, a wheelchair, walker, and Assistive and Augmentative Communica...