tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post9110155626908912730..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: A River in EgyptLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-68463399050793483612008-03-14T14:26:00.000-07:002008-03-14T14:26:00.000-07:00Robb, I recently had to go through a similar thing...Robb, I recently had to go through a similar thing with an application to a new job. My problem wasn't only physical, but I had to go through the whole story over and over, and it *did* feel bad. But you know what, it didn't feel as bad as the first and 20th times I had to explain it, because I have come very far with that as well.<BR/><BR/>I was widowed 26 years ago when I was very young, and whenever I have to include that fact in conversation I inevitably have to explain what happened. And I feel flippant because I am not as emotionally devastated as *I* feel that the listener thinks I should be. After all, it is 26 years, and I have remarried, gotten a new career, kids and everything. And it is tiresome to explain something that personal over and over again. But I do get used to it. <BR/><BR/>As things got further on in time, I developed a really short story, a shorter story, and a longer story, and a bosom buddies type of story to tell specific audiences. <BR/><BR/>I imagine this will happen for you too.<BR/><BR/>It's just that all of us people are fascinated and horrified by things that happen to other people "There but for the Grace of God go I." It is a human condition. And there are a certain group of people you will only have to ell once, and then they know, and then it will just remain a fact of you, at whatever stage you're in.<BR/><BR/>You have been living this status post spinal cord injury as a full time thing, just as my widowhood for me was a full time thing. But eventually, no matter where you are in your progress, it will not be a full time fact of your life, but just one of the interesting parts of you.<BR/><BR/>Diana<BR/>Dale End FarmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-31867676403393870172008-03-14T11:15:00.000-07:002008-03-14T11:15:00.000-07:00Good on ya, Robb. It's that sort of attitude that...Good on ya, Robb. It's that sort of attitude that has brought you as far along as you are.<BR/>Go, Speed Racer, go!<BR/>MarmaladeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-8645467471616620852008-03-14T03:49:00.000-07:002008-03-14T03:49:00.000-07:00You could always just tell them your alien implant...You could always just tell them your alien implant is acting up and is making you twitchy. Thats generally what I tell people when they get too nosey.<BR/><BR/>AnnalisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com