We were at Fred Meyer one day last week (that's a local grocery/retail store - very similar to Wal*Mart - for those readers not in WA). There was a man in a wheelchair; he looked to be in his mid to late 40's. He didn't have either of his legs. It looked like they had both been amputated at about mid thigh. He was pushing his own grocery cart. That doesn't sound too impressive to some people maybe, but there's more... It wasn't a motorized chair or power scooter thing. He was wheeling himself with one hand & navigating his cart with the other. He was also kind enough to stop & let us go through first (even though we tried to let him). Eric & I both said pretty much the same thing to each other at the same time, and it went something like this: "Here's this guy, obviously physically handicapped, doing this all on his own. HE'S the one that needs to use a powered chair, not all the fat, lazy people you usually see riding around in them." It honestly made me just a little angry to think about the people that eat themselves enormous & then are too lazy to do anything about it, so they have to ride around Wal*Mart in the dang scooter. But, more than angry, it made me feel thankful for my abilities, and motivated to do more for myself & not be lazy.
Thanks for reading my first blog. The next one will be about family. I promise not to be ranting. :)
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