Jodie was a premie at birth and I had oxygen cut off from my brain due to my umbilical cord being wrapped around my neck at birth.  We both have had cerebral palsy since birth.

We met at a school in Portland, Oregon.  Holladay Center was a school for the disabled.  I was three and Jodie was four when we met.  We did not hang out together back then.  Jodie liked having crutch fights with Keith and I liked reading and making Kathy laugh.

We were mainstreamed and went our separate ways in about 1973.  Sixteen years later we met up again at a support group Jodie was leading at New Hope Community Church.

We both had pursued love with non-disabled people.  There is nothing wrong with that, it just did not work for either of us.  Jodie and I have abilities that compliment each other.  I am a writer and she is a speaker.  She has strengths that are my weaknesses and vice versa.  We worked well together.

Also, she was and still iis hot hot hot!

Here is a video of us telling the story: