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Diary of a Wheel Girl

A BLOG BY RACHELLE CHAPMAN

Womanhood

Many Said I Was Selfish For Having a Baby. This is Why They’re Wrong

11 Comments / Mom Life, Wheel Life, Womanhood / By Rachelle Chapman

I didn’t always want kids, but when I fell in love with my husband, something changed. I wanted to make a little human one day with him and have a family. When the accident happened, the first thing I asked laying on the side of that pool to the EMTs is if I could still …

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Why I, as a quadriplegic, chose to take it off for a lingerie photo shoot

6 Comments / Wheel Life, Womanhood / By Rachelle Chapman

Save it for my husband they say? No. These photos have a deep purpose. When the accident first happened, I thought, what are people going to think of me now? Are people going to still think that I’m beautiful or that I’m just this quadriplegic chick in a wheelchair with nothing going for her? I …

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