{"id":5952,"date":"2013-05-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2013-05-15T21:04:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T02:04:44","slug":"harships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/2013\/harships\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you let hardships overcome you?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Write about something difficult about your &#8220;lot in life&#8221; and how your working to overcome it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hardships.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6215 aligncenter\" alt=\"hardships\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hardships.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hardships.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hardships-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, I&#8217;m not sure I have anything to complain about.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;m paralyzed and it sucks sometimes, but there&#8217;s nothing to &#8220;overcome&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It happened. There may be a cure someday. I may be able to walk again. I might not.<\/p>\n<p>I have a wonderful marriage and 3 healthy kids.<\/p>\n<p>I know people who are struggling or ending their marriages, so I can&#8217;t complain about the socks I find in the couch.<\/p>\n<p>I have siblings that have far more heartache and pain, for me to whine about not having the use of my legs would just seems silly.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, you remember me writing about <a title=\"Because he had to die\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2012\/because-he-had-to-die\/\">Dylan<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>My Mom and Dad raised their kids in poverty and I have things they only dreamed of having.<\/p>\n<p>I have friends that would love nothing more than to have some of the things I take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t say it&#8217;s easy and that I&#8217;m okay with my paralysis. I&#8217;m not. I accept it and I don&#8217;t let it rule me but I&#8217;ve overcome it. I don&#8217;t let it overcome me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/storyofmylifetheblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/blog-every-day-in-may-challenge.html\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1131.photobucket.com\/albums\/m553\/jennilu07\/May200x200_zpsf8349f10.png\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Write about something difficult about your &#8220;lot in life&#8221; and how your working to overcome it.&#8221; &nbsp; Ironically, I&#8217;m not sure I have anything to complain about. Yes, I&#8217;m paralyzed and it sucks sometimes, but there&#8217;s nothing to &#8220;overcome&#8221;. It happened. There may be a cure someday. I may be able to walk again. 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