I enjoyed that show, "Life Goes On", about a family with a Downs Syndrome teen named Corky played by Chris Burke, who was being mainstreamed into the public school system after being in special ed. classes for years; and it ran back in 1989 to 1993 on ABC.
He became a fine actor in that show in spite of his actually being a young man with Downs; he made capability look so easy; what a great human being and someone for others to emulate.
Being a member of that disability labeled group* that at the time enjoyed that show, now it makes my true daily confessions of my miseries of pain and inability to do what I really want to do, and when I do I am almost embarrassed, but if not here, where?
It seems the more I try to do the worse I feel.
Yesterday was extremely fun, but last night and today I paid for it with pain so severe I did not do much of anything today, and of course feeling oh so guilty for that. No sleep is getting boring and more than that annoying. Pain is just darn awful redundant!
(* I am not saying that what I have is similar to Chris Burke’s Downs by any means; what I am saying is that anyone that is labeled disabled is clustered all in the same group under one too broad heading.)
The fact that I am sitting here is amazing to me for my commitment to this self imposed obsession.
It pains me just to raise my hands above my elbows and sitting this straight for any length of time makes me have pain and numbness in my lower extremities.
But obligated I am to my own sense of doing something to record this at whatever it takes and for whomever it might get to, or even perhaps help.
We are all in the family of man and woman and we should learn and help one another.
Kind words mean more today than ever before and they are free.
When we listen with understanding to keep a lonely or unhappy or unhealthy person feel necessary or relevant by validating what is in their heart to utter and that it is important to hear.
So I thank you all for listening and being there for me; it is truly refreshing to see those reader numbers continue to advance ahead.
And since I am having so much difficulty sitting here I will bid you all good night to all and to all count those blessings and I will too.
Speaking My Mind is about: Tobi, who is a middle aged, no, oh all right a slightly over the hill woman with all the imperfections that go with that, and this concerns her daily life's perceptions and experiences.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
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