When I am food shopping I count the times people say "Sorry" as I navigate among shopping carts at the supermarket. I answer "I forgive you." And watch the reactions.
Why do people stand in the doorway when holding a door for me and my chair? Sent from Billy Lang's iPad > On Sep 27, 2013, at 14:04, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -I can't feel my feet, but I still have to have them covered at night or I > can't sleep. > > -I can tell when I have a mosquito bite anywhere on my arm because my fingers > start spasming. > > -If I start to go somewhere in my powerchair but the power is turned off I > nearly fall over forward. > > -After 30 years of maneuvering my chair in public I've developed the > almost-psychic ability to know when people are going to abruptly stop walking > or back up. > > -Even though I know I'm paralyzed, when a ball rolls up to me I still try to > kick it. > > -I love holding doors open for people because they just don't expect it. > >
