Re: Dawn - Rude Women!!!

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Thanks, Lynn. Your reply was absolutely perfect. I kicked myself in the

butt afterwards for not saying anything, but my kids were with me and I

didn't want to raise a stink. Not to mention, when I get mad I cry and I

REFUSE to let her think she reduced me to tears. I hate that about myself.

LOL. Next time, I WILL say something. Hopefully, it will teach others to be

more compassionate.

big, huge hugs comin' at ya....

Dawn

Lynn wrote:

> In answer to your question about those women...once, I

> heard the same thing...and here's exactly to the word

> (I think!) what I said! (And I was so proud of

> myself!!) " Well, I have an invisible disability of a

> rare muscle disease called DM (under the MD umbrella.)

> And y'know, I've learned to follow the old adage of

> never judging a book by its cover, believe me, it's

> stopped me from making an absolute fool of myself. "

>

> Her face turned bright red and she walked away. I

> hope she learned her lesson.

>

> Don't give in to tears or let them spoil your

> enjoyment of things (don't give them power over

> you!)...people like that just don't think. It's only

> their opinion, Dawn...not what is fact!

>

> Love ya,

> Lynn

>

> --- Dawn Green wrote:

> > Well, I didn't get a new scooter or wheelchair but I

> > did finally get my cane.

> > Small things amuse me, in case you can't tell.

> > Anyway, I used it coming out of

> > the drug store to my car (very short distance), and

> > felt extremely self

> > conscience. Will that ever go away?? It feels very

> > comfortable to walk with but

> > I just felt so uneasy thinking ppl were staring.

> > Oh, I forgot to tell you guys

> > this story. On Sunday we took the girls to King's

> > Landing, which is a historical

> > village type thingie set in the 1800's with TONS AND

> > TONS of walking. We set up

> > a picnic spot outside first and barbecued, then

> > parked the car closer to the

> > bldg. where you pay to get in (using my handicapped

> > parking tag). As we were

> > walking in, a woman behind me said very loudly,

> > " ......handicapped, she doesn't

> > look physically handicapped.... " and that's about

> > all I caught. I missed the

> > first and last parts of her sentence but it was

> > obvious she was referring to me.

> > I felt like crying, but I was really mad too. How

> > should I have handled this??

> > Anyway, we never bothered going in due to all the

> > walking and it was so hot.

> > Between the heat and my pain, we didn't want to

> > waste $30 bucks and have to turn

> > around 10 minutes into it. C'est la vie......

> >

> > Dawn

> >

> > mrsxanadu@... wrote:

> >

> > > Yeah, I will be able to 'walk' with my girlfriend

> > in the mornings and have a

> > > better quality of life. I am very excited. As it

> > is, I stay home a lot

> > > because I am afraid that I won't be able to keep

> > up with everyone, as I am

> > > sure you all can relate to. I am so tired today.

> > It took all I had to get

> > > out of bed this morning. Brody kept begging me to

> > get up and still I want to

> > > sleep......maybe when he takes his nap, I will

> > too.

> > >

> > > Zanna

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >