Reeve Foundation Paralysis Community

I am a nervous wreck. I have a nephew that is graduating from high school in a town about a 5 hour drive from where I live. My husband does not want to make the trip with me, but if I don't go I will miss a family reunion of sorts. I had made up my mind that I would stay home. Then I was getting pressure from other family members to make the ...

Keith, I can relate to the lack of time to spend with your children. Even as adult children they sometimes want more time than we are able to give them. My daughter got married last year and about 2 months into the preparations, she approached me with the question of whether I really wanted to help with the planning. Of course, I wanted to -- ...

Trish I absolutely do not want you to censor yourself. Your expressions validate what I am feeling (now that sounds selfish). I actually wish I was strong enough to say what I feel. But both my husband and I both tiptoe around each other's feelings and don't really speak about anything of deep meaning. I can appreciate what you are saying ...

Hi I have just spent the last 2 - 3 weeks reading all the posts on this forum. I cried, I laughed, I agreed, and I thought hmmm. My husband is C4 complete. We just had the 3rd anniversary(?) of his diving injury. I especially relate to alot of the things that Trish says, I am just not brave enough to say them. I am my husbands sole caregiver.