October 05, 2004
Handicapped Memories
So I was in the situation where I was on crutches, heck, in a wheelchair...for a bit. I am not now but I WAS! Before and after my operation. It is a different world and you don't know about that world unless you are in it...plain and simple.
So I am in a hotel now in Atlanta, looking at Turner field to go to the first DS game tomorrow. But there's so much more to that...really.
Apparently the last few times I was at the airport, I was in a wheelchair or had some walking aide. More in the last couple of years than not. So when I went to the airport...I took notice of that I no longer needed help or needed to go the route of the ela\/ators or did not need to go on the plane first, nor did I need extra room for myself (although I wouldn't mind that!)...I went to the stadium Turner Field today for the tour and took notice that I was flying up and down the stairs...i noticed I didn't need help in certain situations that I did before...I didn't need to locate the ela\/ators...I didn't need to go through a separate entrance that do not need the turnstyles that all people go through...I noticed so much! And to my surprise during the tour, they took us to an area where there were wheelchair seats and companion seats and told us about them. Now I knew about them since I was handicapped in a wheelchair and also in the companion for my walking aides...I turned away when they started talking about them...feeling kinda offended. BUT THEN I was extremely happy they were doing this on the tour. Why? Because if I was not handicapped before, I would not know of them seats and etc...I thought it was GREAT that they incorporated this information for the public to know!
It was a great day today, lots of awarenesses of my progress. Like I said before in other posts...baseball was the constant throughout all the changes my body experienced. I am thankful and feel like this is my reward...going to the DS game 1 at Atlanta. I am thankful for it all and would not change anything I been through.
Star
Posted by Star on October 5, 2004 08:49 PM