16. Not being able to go to family holiday gatherings because the home it's in is not accessible.
Smile Everyday > On Oct 13, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > > More quad quickies to meditate. Feel free to contribute. > > Have you ever........ > 1. Not eaten for a long time because you dread the bowel ritual. > 2. Not brushed your teeth because of the hassle. > 3. Worn dirty clothes because no one would/could do the laundry. > 4. Had chips for a meal because there was nothing else that you could fix. > 5. Sat for hours after your chair/van broke down. > 6. Had a bowel/bladder accident in a public place with no way to > exit.....church, theater, class, work. > 7. Fallen from your chair while home alone. > 8. Become choked or congested and unable to cough. > 9. Been cursed, belittled by a caregiver. > 10. Had a public confrontation with a stranger. > 11. Gone over a week without a bowel movement. > 12. Prayed to God that you won't wake up. > 13. Been so depressed you lose all interest in living. > 14. Wrecked your van. > 15. Been stuck at the bottom of the stairs with no offer of help. > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Gmail <[email protected]> >> Date: October 13, 2015 at 1:55:19 PM EDT >> To: Larry Willis <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >> >> I do. Bobbie >> >> Smile Everyday >> >>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The opening line of your poem is a grabber. How many of us on here actually >>> do that? I do. Often. >>> >>> Larry Willis >>> Retired and proud of it >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Gmail <[email protected]> >>>> Date: October 13, 2015 at 12:21:47 PM EDT >>>> To: Larry Willis <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >>>> >>>> Wow, right on the mark. Especially as the years and decades pass by. >>>> >>>> It's quite indescribable, but you came pretty fucking close. >>>> Bobbie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 6:56 AM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Wow, Ron, my feelings exactly. Exactly. >>>>> >>>>> Larry Willis >>>>> Retired and proud of it >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>> >>>>>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>>>>> From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: October 13, 2015 at 3:06:14 AM EDT >>>>>> To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >>>>>> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> Quad Life >>>>>> >>>>>> Every night when I go to bed, I pray to god to wake up dead. >>>>>> >>>>>> As morning comes, I always get scared, because another day must be >>>>>> beared. >>>>>> >>>>>> People say to look above, but all I get is abused and shoved. >>>>>> >>>>>> Life took a young man with hopes and dreams, and reduced him to nothing >>>>>> as so it seems. >>>>>> >>>>>> I try as I may to still be a man, during the bowell routines and all the >>>>>> hell that quad life demands. >>>>>> >>>>>> Everyones forgotten who I was , and treat me like shit ........just >>>>>> because. >>>>>> >>>>>> I started strong in this game, but when I think.......who is to blame? >>>>>> >>>>>> Was I just another victim of circumstance or from the beginning did I >>>>>> have no chance? >>>>>> >>>>>> As the years go by it means less and less because I am still human >>>>>> nevertheless. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron
