- the following account is as was posted, (Feb./2002,by me), in reply to a fellow e-Group member, ("John"), who had asked, to those debating it, "Would you ask a man with no arms to play catch with you?". {betcha can guess what *my* answer was. ;) } ...The topic being discussed was, to simplify, "Abuse,and Survival, via Creativity". - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John: ...you've creatively survived..... you have to keep creating! Dzik~ (me): And ~that's~ what it's all about! ... :D By the way, while I'm here, I'm just dyin' to tell... Yesterday I rappelled from a thirty-five-foot tower!!! :D It was my first time! ...(One of my daughters is in cadets, and there's a weekend thingy goin on at {the barracks}. Daughter had a LOT of homework, so she couldn't go, but yesterday we went to watch everyone rappelling the tower. I became intrigued, and at some point commented to one of the Corporal's, {with the devilish of grins! :p }, "So, I guess this is one o' those two-handed-type operations, or what?!" And he promptly, with ever so straight a face!, began describing a harness that could be rigged up... : ) ... We stayed and watched for an hour or so and as we were leaving I hear the Corporal call out, "If ya make it back after lunch, maybe we can get YOU a turn up there!" EEEEEK!... Me and my big mouth, I laughed.. But to make it worse, lol , I had said to my cadet daughter, (who was VERY apprehensive about rappelling from the top o' that tower at ALL), "Well if ~I~ do it, will you??!" And she said, "Okay..!" Well we went back, but not til 4:30 did we arrive, and it had started to rain, plus it was prett-near their dinner time... As we pulled into the parking lot we could see no-one around, but then, "Shhh", I say to the girls, as I with my window open could hear some- one near the tower saying, "Hey Corporal, wanna hold up there a minute? That lady just pulled in that wanted to give it a go!" ohhh shit, I thought, there's no getting out of this now!!!!!!!! "Are ya gonna do it, mom? Are ya, Are ya, Are ya?", both daughters asking, all of us chuckling.... "Well I guess I _am_!" Laughing, grinning, and all the while muttering to myself, "Me and my big mouth.. dear GOD in heaven what was I thinking?!", as I suited up, climbed the ladder to the top of that tower, and prepared to PUT MY TRUST IN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, John!!! ... :D By now, ALL of the cadets had converged at ground zero!, drum-rolls provided and all. *grins*... It took me a few minutes to prepare to freee-fall, (which is exactly what I felt like I was about to do), and then....................................... WOWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID IT! :D :D :D :D :D I was SOOO rushing on adrenaline for the rest of the day, I cannot describe. It's beautiful though. : ) Just like the kayaking was, except that THIS time I didn't have Scholars telling me I wasn't ~allowed~ to TRY. My hat is off to those Corporal's, simply for their HUMAN-ness, and their OPEN-MINDED-ness! And I think that THAT was _just as much _ of a "high" for me, ((cuz it's so rare!)); Truly the icing on the cake... or the *butter* in it, at least. ; ) But what does this have to do with abused children, you ask? Well, I am an abuse survivor. And, >>Would you ask a man with no arms to play catch with you?<< Yes, I most certainly would. dzik~ *Creative, resourceful, determined, and STUBBORN-as-Hades amputee* Cheers! : D ...YAY ME!!! : ) |
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