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Homeward Bound
15 years ago
I love all of you guys, I'm sorry for not keeping things up to date while I have been trying to get better. I'm still miles away from where I used to be, I can walk for short distances with a walker but still require a wheelchair, I don't have all of my feeling back and it sucks not knowing what won't or what will all I can do is hope. Thank all of you for the support and messages and emails, it was hard for me to jump onto the computer for very long and I was a bit overwhelmed with the amount of support I didn't quite know what to say and I still don't. All I know is what I need to do, and what I want to do in the future. This changed my life in more ways that I can begin to describe, I see things completely differently, the way that I always wanted to see things. It only sucks that it took this for me to be able to come to that point in my life where I know what I need to do. With that being said please my friends enjoy life for what it's really worth, this is the one chance we have at it and don't let it pass you by.
I graduated from the Shepherd Center and I am on my way home, please keep in touch as I will have alot more time on my hands. If anyone ever wants to visit it doesn't matter where your from, I'd like to see and hear from you all. Friends are never too many and always far too few!!
Cadbury
I graduated from the Shepherd Center and I am on my way home, please keep in touch as I will have alot more time on my hands. If anyone ever wants to visit it doesn't matter where your from, I'd like to see and hear from you all. Friends are never too many and always far too few!!
Cadbury
or wait..... Vaporizer hits for recovery!!!!!! better for you lungs. I miss you brother.
I believe we met at FWA, and it was great meeting you, and watching you play the banjo there.
I have just read your journal, and I wish you a very speedy recovery. Also, as one who is physically challenged himself (I have a mild case of cerebral palsy, and currently use a walker for mobility myself.), I will share with you, there is *NOTHING* that will stop you from achieving what it is that you set out to achieve.
When I found the furry community about 3 1/2 years ago, I wasn't certain how folks, none of whom I knew, would react to someone who used a walker. Needless to say, at AC 07, I found out the tremendous power of this community, as I was welcomed with open paws, hearts and minds, into a forum that would ultimately change my life.
Since then, as a show of gratitude to the wonderful community, for all the overwhelming love and support that it has shown me (and continues to do so) over the last three and a half years, I have begus to give panels on being "Physically Challenged" in the furry community, and also my experiences in also fursuiting with a physical challenge.
I do these panels to let others who also are "Physically Challenged" that they are no different then anyone else, and it is my aim to inspire these folks to go out there and have fun at these cons, and make new friends, much like I have over my three year tenure in this Community.
In reading all of the responses, that you journal has garnered thusfar, it is no surprise, that you have many friends who will be by your side supporting you though these times, as you work to a speedy recovery.
Cadburry, I would like to add to that list of friends who will be by your side. You bring happiness to many, as evidenced by our meeting at FWA, and by all the very heartfelt responses here.
In closing, if there is every anything that I can do for you, or you'd just like to chat (which I would really enjoy), please feel free to IM me (my contact info is on my page) anytime. :)
*hugs warmly*
All the best,
Rukario
Sorry for the delayed response here, but I want to say how much I appreciate the kind words and how enlightened it has made me feel. I am still having a really hard time adjusting to life like this, and there is no way of knowing for sure if I will forever be like this as I have already come a long way. I too must use a walker to walk for now and that is milestones from where I was originally.
It has left me feeling much different though obviously than before I did prior to the accident. I'm not ashamed to be this way, but I feel lonely in some sense. My self esteem is a little bit different now, but my desire to have fun and enjoy life is much much more enhanced than it ever was before. I am so lucky to even be alive and I feel like there are so many things out there I still have yet to experience. Fursuiting is definitely one of them and it is something I'm looking at here in the very near future.
I'm very glad to have met you though and I really wish that we had more interaction and time to talk, but there is always tomorrow =] I'd love to talk with you and learn as much as I can. But seriously thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement they seriously mean alot more to me than I can really describe. I'm very blessed to have so many great friends who care about me and have been there to help guide me through this and feel as comfortable as possible. I too share your warm feelings for this community as I have met so many great friends and all the wonderful furiends who reached out to me and continue to do so. I hope that we can be an inspiration to others who are physically challenged and even to those who aren't.
Thanks again and *hugs tight*
Cadbury