It's hard to watch life pass you by. Harder still to watch your family live their lives while consciously leaving you out. Their ignorance and arrogance is unbelievable. A member of my family told me that I have to understand their point of view, that I have to understand that everybody has to have a chance to process my diagnosis.
I wonder if she has had enough time? I wonder if she once thought, really thought, about how it was for me to be on a runaway train. To lose use of my fingers, then my hands, then to lose the ability to walk up stairs, then down, then to have to use a cane, then a rolling walker, then a wheelchair, then a power wheelchair. Nobody gave me the opportunity to understand. I just had to suck it up.
I wonder if she has had enough time? I wonder if she once thought, really thought, about how it was for me to be on a runaway train. To lose use of my fingers, then my hands, then to lose the ability to walk up stairs, then down, then to have to use a cane, then a rolling walker, then a wheelchair, then a power wheelchair. Nobody gave me the opportunity to understand. I just had to suck it up.
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