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A MEANINGFUL LIFE

BY VINCE RINICELLA
My name is Vince Rinicella, and my mission in life is to bring spelling for communication to every nonspeaker on Earth. I’ve been spelling for many years now, and it completely altered the trajectory of my life. Instead of vegetating in daycare, I’m getting my college degree, writing, advocating, making movies, and living a rich and meaningful life.
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5/16/2025 4 Comments

CP Misery

My time at M2H is too limited. I can talk particularly easily with Judy CPing, so I need to get it all out while I’m here. No one else is as good as her with me, except my Mom. 

I am feeling particularly down in the dumps because two of my CPs are leaving at the same time. I am so over this whole CP thing.  I am thinking a lot about it lately. What is it about us that makes us need CPs? I particularly find that Judy’s brain is quiet and that makes it so easy to think. You cannot understand, if you’re not a nonspeaker, how noisy people’s minds can be. 

People are naturally disorganized in their minds. They think loads of weird and arbitrary stuff, and it makes us dysregulated. I am not able to not tune into it. It’s like seeing versus hearing:  I can’t close my mind’s “eyes.” 

Anyway, I am in a really bad mood today because I am losing two CPs, and I don’t get to see Judy enough.

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Maria Lenarduzzi
5/17/2025 02:58:55 pm

Thanks Vince! Very important post, I would say the crux of everything.I have to propose these reflections to my daughter too, let's see what comes out of it

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Beth E DiPasquale
5/19/2025 02:46:34 pm

Thank you for sharing this nugget of wisdom. As a mom and CP, sometimes it is hard to just be in the present moment, and now that you have brought this to light, I see now the many times I have done this myself. I am still learning and growing...thanks for the life lesson!

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Janet Edghill
5/19/2025 07:45:31 pm

Thank you for this piece, Vince. My son has often told me my “mind is not calm”. I’m working on it but it is not easy!

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Eva
5/22/2025 10:06:54 pm

Thank you for the insight into what it means when my daughter tells me to "be calm" or that I'm "thinking too loud." Very helpful to hear another speller talk about this.

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