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WHEEL WORLD NEWS

January 2018

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How do they expect me, finally awake after a 3 week coma, to manage this! Well I dove in-potatoes first. Piece of cake. Next-peas, this will be fun-NOT! So there I was- Shaking hands from the morphine withdrawals. Hmm...I scooped up those little rolly-polly bad boys- all the while Jon is thinking- "THIS ought to be good! She's going to dump em all into her lap and I'll have to clean em up." Well, we scooped -shaky hands n all- Not a one fell! Jon is looking quite impressed- as was I! Oh did I forget to mention- I used the fork! Not too bad, right?

I did have weird dreams-or were they? I remember waking one night, looked towards the door, there was a gorgeous angel just hovering! I could make out her feathery wings and everything. It was then and there, I knew I was going to be ok! Some say I was dreaming but I KNOW it wasn't a dream...I was going to be ok! Life is good!

Was I ever angry someone caused me to be injured so severely? No, I don't believe I was....why be angry...it is what it is and being angry won't solve a thing nor will it help...you'll only make everyone around you miserable...

Do I wish I would have died that day? HELL NO! I think because OF the disability I have learned to appreciate life more, learned to love myself more and my family. I hope each day I am here I make them proud of who I am...not sad for what I can no longer accomplish. I have accomplished more now than before...we don't let our disabilities get in the way of doing what we want- we just have to learn how to do it differently....we travel, we camp, we mentor, we make new friends. I look back and think- wow, how far I have come since then! Some or most of my thinking back then is the same as now. Life was and continues to be good! I have been SO blessed in many, many ways over the years. Life is good and Life rolls on!

-Karen Halgren