Rare love, Rare strength : when adaptation becomes the language of partnership
When Adaptation Becomes the Language of Partnership Why are we writing about rare love this week? Because 28 February marks Rare Disease Day — a reminder that millions of people live with conditions most of society barely understands. But this is not only about diagnosis. It is about what happens inside relationships when life requires […]
Love Beyond Words: understanding digital connection
Love Beyond Words When Online Connection Feels Real — and What to Watch For Words can feel like intimacy. A late-night message. A thoughtful reply. Someone who “gets” you. In digital spaces, connection can form quickly — and feel very real. But here is the quiet truth: Words show intention. Behaviour shows integrity. And online, […]
Valentine’s message for 2026
Valentine’s Day 2026 Love Is Truth — Not Control Across cultures and across centuries, the message repeats: Love is truth. Not lust. Not strategy. Not dominance. Not manipulation. Not collective pressure. Truth. What Happens When Love Is Replaced With Control? When people feel afraid of losing influence… When outcomes don’t match expectations… When trust is […]
Love beyond distance : consent, communication, autonomy and support
Theme: Love Beyond Words — Dignity, Boundaries, Belonging Quote for the Month: “Consent is love’s first language.” – Unknown When Love Is Not Close — But Still Real Love is often imagined as proximity: being near, being present, being able to see, hear, or touch. But for many people — including DeafBlind people — love […]
Oshun and the lessons of healthy love
Oshun shows us what love truly looks like — and why dignity, consent, and community matter.
What happens when a voice is ignored, a presence unseen, or care withheld? Sometimes, life slows. Rivers weaken. Relationships falter.
This February, we explore healthy love through the story of Oshun, and what it teaches DeafBlind people — and all of us — about listening, boundaries, and quiet rebuilding.
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We build in silence : the power of quiet rebuilding
Quiet building is in the small choices, the quiet actions, the inner ork
See it, protect it : visions & goals for 2026
Lessons that penguins teach us when we set our visions & goals for 2026
Quiet understanding : the DeafBlind way of integrating their world
January is not a month of rushing forward. It is a month of settling. Of letting what we lived last year find its place inside us. For DeafBlind people, this is especially important, because we do not receive the world all at once. We receive it through touch, timing, body signals, partial words, emotional tone, […]
DeafBlind reflection without pressure
Understanding how the DeafBlind person integrates and reflects due to a difference in communication.
A quiet ending to a demanding year
2025 is ending without a single moment we can point to and say: “This is when everything changed.” There was no new Disability Act passed. No dramatic turning point. No single announcement that resolved long-standing barriers. Instead, this year moved quietly. Laws and policies continued to align with the principles of the UN Convention on […]