Dear to the Heart

Dear to the Heart 👋 Daughter-Father advocacy duo
♿ Becca's got things to say with 😂 🧠 & 💜
⛪ See disabled folks how God sees them
💜 Rett Syndrome, Church of Jesus Christ

09/06/2026

Sister Whitmer is a third of her way into her mission! She's a poet at heart and has really found a lot to appreciate reading through the Psalms. It's helped me see more than I usually do as well 💜.

Every month for Fast Sunday she shares her testimony online so folks can see that people with disabilities, even severe ones, can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that's worth hearing and learning from!

If you have a disability or know someone who does and may be interested, Sister Whitmer likes to share the spotlight 😊. Whether you speak or type or sign or sing or smile, your testimony is worth hearing and we'd love to include it in our video next month, just let us know!

09/04/2026

Sister Whitmer told me she is grateful for every day, even when they are ridiculously hard. This is not something I am good at, myself.

09/04/2026

IYKYK 😅

If you thought people were touchy about talking about things like limb differences or wheelchairs, try bringing up chronic bowel conditions.

As Marjorie Pay Hinckley said, "The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh, crying gives me a headache".

I was twenty years old before I learned that "the flu" can mean influenza -- or a nasty stomach bug. Like, what? I thought I'd never had a stomach bug because clearly all the action was in the intestines not the stomach.

This is where I confess I'm a literal person, but the roundabout methods people employ to vaguely suggest there might have been an irregular bowel movement or intestinal cramping are bound to confound more than just me.

Headache. Shin splints. Ear ache. Sinus infection. Bronchitis. The runs? Insides acting up? Collywobbles? 😅

If you can't share your struggles in mixed company, then it's that much harder for people to understand your disability. If you're supposed to "keep that sort of thing to yourself" then you have to suffer alone, in silence. But outside support is important to keeping perspective and staying safe. So keep an eye out for folks that are a little less prudish, and don't be afraid to tell it like it is 💜.

We hope no one takes offense, flash flood casualties and severe bowel conditions are difficult and heartbreaking, and we are in no way trying to downplay that. We pray for those who experience them.

***a

09/04/2026

It's good to remember people with disabilities don't live in Never-Neverland.

The reason we need to remember goes deeper than you probably realize.

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09/04/2026

When we think about the good that is here on the earth, there's a lot to celebrate! Disability doesn't diminish that.

The Lord can restore us from day to day.

Sister Whitmer wants to keep sharing these messages for as long as you'll tolerate them.. maybe longer 😅. She is passionate about showing that non-speakers can teach and lead.

09/03/2026

As far as gifts go, nobody else is gonna top that one.

Not that we're in a rush to get there, but heaven is going to be pretty great. I look forward to it, but that doesn't mean I wait until then to have a relationship with my non-speaking daughter.

Sister Whitmer shares her thoughts from morning study. She uses yes/no with her eyes, and a communication partner, to choose what verse to share, what she wants to say about it, how to word it, etc.

It's a lot of work, but she does it because, as she says, she wants folks to know that people with disabilities aren't here just to be cared for, they can teach and lead as well.

09/02/2026

Simple doesn't mean unimportant, insignificant, or less.

Becca shares her simple witness of Christ, even though it's not so simple for her to do. She authors these messages by answering yes/no questions until we settle on what she wants to say. This is something important to her, and it's a good chance to see how people with disabilities can teach the gospel, not just hear it.

09/01/2026

Low muscle tone? Challenge accepted anyway. Use the force, Sister Whitmer!

Proselyting missionaries are great, and service missionaries are too! Who do you think lifted it better, WorldsStrongestSeminaryTeacher ? 😂

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