Babe, would you still love me if I was just a torso…and also actually a man?
Born in Brazil with no arms and no legs, Briel Adams-Wheatley was abandoned at the hospital shortly after birth because of her disabilities.
At 9 months old, she was adopted by a big family in Utah. Her new mom pushed her to be as independent as possible.
With no way to attach prosthetic limbs, Briel taught herself to navigate the world using only her torso, neck and chin. She learned to climb stairs, swim, write and cook on her own.
In 2020, she matched with a man named Adam Wheatley on a dating app. They got married the next year and ended their wedding by jumping into a pool together.
Two years later, Briel told the world she was a transgender woman. Adam stayed by her side.
We can’t hold onto youth forever
We can’t be scared of getting older
Just make sure that when the years have passed, you can look back and know you were actually there for your own life
When I’m 70-something looking at a photograph of myself standing beside my sportbike at some random car show in 2026, it’s not “I wish I could go back.”
It’s:
“Man, what a life God let me live.”
You don’t need some enormous future event before life begins
This is your life
You’re already in it
And someday you’re probably going to look back at random days like today and realize those were the scenes you would’ve wanted to go back to
Walk into every situation with glory, grace and love so that others can experience what God has done in us