Didi Conn Quotes

My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

I really wish this wasn't a thing. But this tumor is a thing. Even though it's not what I would have chosen for myself, that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be all bad. What I keep trying to remind myself is this is one of those things that looks like a really bad thing on the outside but I know too little about life to be sure.

I've met quadriplegics who have lost the use of their limbs but not their spirit. They are not dark, defeated people.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

It's been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I'm an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am.

Charge forward with hope and get the best medical advice you can. Talk to your friends, neighbors, family, and together you attack it. We can't always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react to it.

I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

I just keep praying for Joan to get her power back. To resolve her problems and rise to the top. To fight back!

Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.

I don't have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.

If I can encourage and get somebody to get through what they're dealing with, their set of circumstances, that's the right thing to do.

What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.

My father passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that is hard. You have to get out of that stronger, if you can, which I was lucky to be able to. I was the eldest of the family, and I had to support my mother and help my brothers.

I don't have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I'm happier now than before I developed the condition.

Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.

I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.

It was Jesus who gave me peace when the shark severed my arm. I trust in Jesus whenever I'm going through a hard time. I see all the beautiful things that have come out of my situation. I'm able to share my story with young girls who have few role models, and I can help others cope with what they have been through.