Accessible Gardening: Still Laughing For Joy #7, 0 by Sansai87

Sansai87 wrote:
There is nothing wrong with me…with me…with me…with me….with me… :-)
My father was more the age of my friend’s grandfathers and he was a Type I diabetic so I’ve been hangin’ with elderly and physically challenged people all my life. It is a situation I feel perfectly comfortable in. In fact, talking to many T.A.P.’s (Kay-speak for Temporarily Able-bodied Persons) sometimes feels like I’m talking to a very intelligent kid. My intellectual equal. Or superior, but emotionally naïve. They seem sort of innocent. I feel like I need to protect them from the harsher realities of life. Like they are living in a protective bubble you don’t want to burst. Time wears away that protective bubble and no young physically challenged person is going to have a good life unless they first face the harsh realities of their situation. Growing up continually exposed to life’s harsher realities, but also continually seeing people deal effectively and with humor, I guess I never felt any need to form a protective shell. From the vast wisdom of my 24 years, I say it is just life. No one gets out of here alive and intact so you squeeze it for all the honest and real joy you can get. You learn to actually LOOK for the good things in life. lol. Like the people on the “Today, I am thankful for…” thread Debra started on the General Discussion forum.
I was SO close, Vort! I toured the Veggie Garden.