You know there are things in our daily lives that we just take for granted. Imagine waking up tomorrow, and you can't reach to shut off your alarm clock..how would that make you feel?  How would you deal with it?  What if someone had to help you shower?  Would you in some way feel like less of a person?  I write tonight because of a close friend, and maybe someday a romantic partner.  Two years ago my friend became a quadraplegic due to a rare undetected birth defect.  He was an avid hockey player, and an excellent dancer...had plans for professional hockey.  He has made great progress, as he is now able to walk with a walker, and two people assisting him.  He has fallen into a depression lately, missing what he had...I can't imagine what it would be like to loose everything...I would be devestated.  I have lived in a chair all my life, and even I will admit I take things for granted.  I am very lucky, I have the abilities that I do...I can roll myself over at night, etc.  My friend lost his girlfriend...it completely devestated him...she left him because of his injury.

To those of you in relationships, please remember that anything can happen to us at anytime.  Discuss it with your loved ones how you will deal with that...I reccommend that.  If you truly love them, do you know how to deal with a catastophy such as a life changing injury?  I cannot say that you have to stay with them, in the event that something were to happen, but I do not feel it is right to completely disappear from their lives...they will need your support, and vise versa.  Take a moment and consider what you would do in a situation such as this....