This “journey” is definitely educational.\u00a0 I’ve got to extend my definition of “friend” to include people who do not a big deal when my legs go out and then even less of a big deal when I can’t continue to play cards.\u00a0 They handled it better than I did.<\/p>\n
Wow.\u00a0 That is all I can say.\u00a0 They made me feel like my disability was just a “thing” and a little one at that.\u00a0 No drama.\u00a0 “Oh, you can’t throw cards anymore?\u00a0 Cards were only part of the evening.\u00a0 Talking was another part.”<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to leave.\u00a0 I didn’t want to run and hide, ashamed of the wretch my body has become.\u00a0 It was just a “thing.”<\/p>\n
I pray when this world is over, their maker remembers this and says, “Yep, you’re good. Go on.”<\/p>\n
Small drops of kindness create a tidal wave of compassion.<\/p>\n
I am learning how to lean on friends.<\/p>\n
I have friends that I can talk to at 2 am (when they should be sleeping, but I’m glad they don’t).\u00a0 I have friends that show me the beauty of the world, either painted, photographed or videoed.\u00a0 I have friends that push me to further my knowledge in my interests. I have friends that keep me in stitches with idiotic memes that touch my heart and tremble my soul. I have friends that become my mother when they have to and stop when no longer needed. I have friends, long passed, that come to me in my dreams and tell me they held their faith to the end, they expect the same from me.<\/p>\n
I am undoubtedly leaving some out.\u00a0 And, for this, I am truly apologetic.\u00a0 They deserve to be listed and rewarded.<\/p>\n
Above all, I have a friend in Christ.\u00a0 He continues to walk with me (carry me like 98% of the time).<\/p>\n
The interesting thing, is that not all my friends consider themselves Christians or even believe in God, or even a higher power.\u00a0 Diversity is what makes them strong.\u00a0 They are my warriors. They do battle against this enigmatic wretched disease and put it in its place.<\/p>\n
Thank you all, I adore each of you,<\/p>\n
Jay C. “Jazzy_J” Theriot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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