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Living Transabled
Written by Sophie on Friday, May 9, 2008
I haven’t been writing much lately, to be honest I’ve been trying to avoid thinking about BIID and my wheelchair because it is too painful. I know I can’t change my circumstances straight away, and yes I know ignoring my transabledness won’t fix that problem either. All I can do is make the best of what I’ve got.
It’s no secret that I have never seen eye to eye with my parents. There’s always something I’m doing wrong, lately this issue is interchangeable between my addiction to Coca Cola and my supposed “addiction” to World of Warcraft. I have come to the conclusion that my parents will never be happy with what I do so why try?. I should be working on making sure I’m happy, keeping my parents amicable just happens to be a part of my happiness.
I love my parents with all my heart, and despite our shortfalls I know they love me too. I may gripe and complain about them every now and then but I don’t know anyone that has put up with as much crap as my parents. They even pulled me out of the financial mess that I made for myself when they could have left me to my own demise. They still support me now even though I can barely afford to make my weekly payments, and they have defended me when their friends have pushed them round about me and my brothers.
Mum and Dad, I know you will probably never read this, but if you ever do, thank you. You try, you almost never understand, but I know you try. Keeping my problems to myself is as much for your happiness as it is for mine. Besides, dwelling on what I don’t have doesn’t do me much good anyway.
So you will all have to forgive me if you do not hear from me often. The reminder is often too painful. I would rather raid in Serpent Shrine Caverns than be drooling on wheelchair websites and then crying myself to sleep at night. There is more to me than just being Transabled, I just have to focus on those other things for a while.
Tags: BIID, Parents, Transabled
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1 On 9 May, 2008, Dante said:
That spoke to me and touched me in a ways few things do…