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Ry

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Apr 25, 2002
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Do ya ever see disabled people in wheelchairs and think that it could be you? I saw this guy our age while I was biking today and he must have lost his legs below his knees in some kind of accident. It got me thinking how easy I could get smoked by a car and be in his position. It must be so hard to live your life that way after being "normal" before. I feel grateful for being healthy...
 
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I feel that. Everytime I'm driving to work, I wonder for a second about what could happen on the way there and back. Try not to dwell on it, but one day someone may careen into me and change my life forever in a split second.
 

Roxy

Sicc OG
May 2, 2002
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That reminds me of a saying that goes something like, I was sad because I had no shoes, but then I saw someone who had no feet.
 

Dana Dane

RIP Vallejo Kid
May 3, 2002
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My father had his foot cut completely off of his body in 1979, and they sewed it back on. He can walk and do most of the same things he did before, but now one leg is a quarter of an inch shorter than the other. He is in pain every day, but he tells me that he will never complain because it could have been much worse. From that experience, I have learned to be very thankful for what I have, and never take anything for granted.
 
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Whether its from a disability or a disease like cancer... I try to keep in mind that I am lucky to be healthy (even though I'm a lil tooo healthy..lol..) and that my sons are normal, healthy and happy.. we all need a reality check now and then as we all tend to take what we have, a lot or a little, for granted....

@ Roxy- thats real talk...
 
Apr 25, 2002
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I think it's strange that only the Siccness ladies have replied to this thread, aside from the thread starter. You fellas too e-thug to be thankful?

As for me, I have been extremely fortunate in how the cookie has crumbled. I was born into a safe community in the SF Peninsula, have a somewhat stable family that loves me unconditionally, have always had a roof over my head and a meal to eat, and had an education provided for me which I did not have to pay for out of my own pocket.

Though it dosen't directly relate to being physically disabled, I am a lucky man.