In response to: Gilly,
Very well put. I know that I now live a 'new normal'. I have had to let go of a lot of things too. Heather in Calgary Heather and Gilly, I don't know about all of our 'new normal' family (and that is such a great way to put it!) but I do know that from the very first I had to decide to be mad or glad so I chose glad and insisted my family do the same. We have giggled and laughed thru a whole lot of things that would otherwise make me frustrated or angry. One was trying to get past the 'Nanny diaper' days and that was a chore, I'll tell you!! Still is occasionally! Then when all of us brothers and sisters and a bunch of the younger bunch went to the ocean, they tried to push my wheelchair and there was no way. So they parked it and held onto me and then we all started laughing because I was leaving a 'snail-trail' from dragging my right foot so every single one of them started dragging their foot, too. You should have seen the trails we all left. We all laughed until we cried. Another year we went to the ocean my sister and I played a trick on the younger bunch involving a Depend. I won't post it on the TMIC because it might offend someone but we have fun with a lot of things that otherwise would make our lives miserable. I won't say there haven't been times when I just sat down and sobbed because there have been. I call them a cleansing of the soul. Enjoy your day!! Jeanne in Dayton
