Welcome to That Mom With CP
Your resource for motherhood with CP, adaptive parenting, and daily life with cerebral palsy.
The Tell All of Life as A Disabled Mom
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Sharing my journey of motherhood with CP, one story at a time.
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That Mom With CP is a blog about motherhood, identity, faith, and daily life while parenting with cerebral palsy.
Start here → The Body I Learned to Negotiate
How I learned to live, mother, and believe in a body the world questioned.
Or read next → Parenting With Cerebral Palsy
What motherhood with CP looks like when your body already works differently.
A Space for the Real, the Messy, and the Beautiful
I’m Leeanne. I’m a mom with cerebral palsy, living in a body that doesn’t always cooperate, but still trying to do the impossible: raise kids, love fully, and survive each day.
✨️ start here ✨️
If your new here, welcome! Get started in That Mom With CP content by checking out the following posts. These posts give context to my body, my faith, and my journey into motherhood…
🌿 The Body I Learned to Negotiate
💚 Understanding Cerebral Palsy: A Mom’s Journey
🫂 Learning to Love the Way My Body Moves
why I write
This space is for all of it—the messy, the holy, the exhausting, the beautiful. Not the “inspirational” version of motherhood you scroll past on social media. The real version: the days you wonder if you’re enough, the nights you feel stretched too thin, the moments when faith and frustration collide.
That Mom With CP started with my story, but it isn’t just about me. It’s about creating a place for other disabled moms—especially those with mobility or physical disabilities—to be heard, to be raw, and to know they’re not alone. Your struggles, your triumphs, your doubts, your joy—they belong here.
Also Published Elsewhere
My Writing Beyond This Blog
In addition to writing here, I contribute to national Cerebral Palsy and disability advocacy platforms.
Cerebral Palsy Foundation (published on CPResource)— Reflections on motherhood, identity, caregiving, and disability.
✨️ Becoming a Mom With Cerebral Palsy: What I Wish I Knew
First-person perspective on becoming a disabled mom and parenting with CP.
💖 Motherhood & Disability: Why CP Makes Me a Better Mom
Personal reflection on motherhood and disability.
What You’ll Find Here
Identity & Faith
Learning to live the way my body moves. I’m not enough but I’m worthy because of Jesus. Finding worth that isn’t earned by pushing past pain.
The Emotional Reality
Grief, joy, and everything in between. Learning to forgive people who don’t understand my CP. The real version of disabled motherhood—where faith and frustration can coexist.
Advocacy & Education
Bringing awareness, naming what’s hard, and reframing the conversation. World CP Day reflections and breaking stereotypes about disabled motherhood.
“Here, bodies are not broken. Worth isn’t earned by pushing past pain. Motherhood isn’t measured in checklists or milestones. Faith is messy. Life is messy. And that’s okay.”
Explore Our Content
Identity & Faith
Stories about living in a body that works differently — the challenges, the victories, and everything in between. Here, I share how I’ve learned to trust, negotiate with, and even celebrate my body as I navigate life, work, and motherhood.
The Emotional Reality of Disabled Motherhood & Day-to-Day Life With CP + Parenting
Life with CP isn’t just about the body — it’s about how every interaction, every comment, and every challenge shapes your mind and heart. In this space, I share the real emotions behind living in a body that moves differently, the joys, the frustrations, and everything in between. Stories to help you feel seen, understood, and maybe a little less alone.
Advocacy, Education & Reframing
World CP Day reflections, breaking stereotypes, and bringing awareness to disabled motherhood.
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
and you shouldn’t!
That Mom With CP isn’t just about me. It’s about community. It’s about making room for other disabled moms—especially those navigating mobility or physical disabilities—to tell their stories and know they’re not alone. It’s about bringing awareness, naming what’s hard, and finding strength together in the middle of it all.
If you’ve spent years hiding parts of yourself…If you’ve ever wished your body were different…If you’re parenting while carrying more than most people can see…
You’re not alone. You don’t have to pretend here.
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The Latest
Making Room for the Moms Who Are Usually Missed: Disabled Motherhood & Parenting With CP
A Fresh Look and God’s Provision for That Mom With CP A small update before we begin: this space looks a little different now. My…
Learning to Forgive People Who Don’t Understand My CP
It used to infuriate me when someone would treat me as if CP was my entire identity. I spent so long dwelling on comments, actions,…
🌎 World Cerebral Palsy Day: From Resistance to Real Acceptance
Every October 6th, the world comes together to recognize World Cerebral Palsy Day — a day to celebrate over 50 million people around the globe…
Advocacy, Education, & Reframing, Day-to-Day Life With CP + Parenting, The Emotional Reality of Disabled MotherhoodLearning to Love the Way My Body Moves
Sometimes, I catch my reflection in a store window, the glass on the shower door, or the checkout cameras at the grocery store — and…