~Just Call Me Shorty~

I have a dear friend that calls me Shorty now since my amputations.
We laugh about it. I think it was shortly after I moved out of the
hellhome and he & his wife came to visit me and saw me as a DAK.
I wasnt in the best frame of mind as I was fighting that raging
infection and was so depressed but still glad I was out of that place.

They came in and we talked and I could see they were a bit un
comfortable seeing me and so I thought well I didnt want them
to feel that way. So I looked at them and laughed and told them
"well now you will just have to call me Shorty from now on "....
they saw me laughing, they started laughing and you could feel
the tension ease and I could tell by the looks on their faces they
DID feel better, and were more relaxed and at ease...

I think how I present myself to others, that I have accepted
this new me makes the reactions I get back more accepted. I
was sitting in one of those waiting rooms that had no place
for a chair and I was sticking out like a sore thumb. So I just
proceeded to talk to the whole waiting room. I started to talk
first to one person, then included the next, and so on till all
of us were talking together. That took the tension out of the
room and made me less of the center of the attraction since
I was the one sticking out...

I remember the look on my brother's face when he first
saw me. I saw the look of sadness and even pity and I didnt
want to see that on his face, so as soon as they ( his wife
was with him) said the initial hello's I told him the same
thing,, "well just call me Shorty now" and laughed and
told them to come in and sit down. The ice was broken
and I could feel the tension lift.

I think if I had rolled up to them all sad and looking like
I was miserable they would NOT have been comfortable
at all and the whole visit they would have just ached to
hurry up and leave. I think attitude plays a great part
as to how me or anyone is accepted that live in chairs or
have any kind of disability... Yet I know there are many
that actually LIKE for people to feel sorry for them and
they whine and portray a "Poor me" picture of them
self...I dont want to do that...I'm still the same person I
was before inside and out... I just look...well SHORTER !!!
:-D lol.. well? ITS TRUE lol...only by a couple feet tho LOL..

Well we are expecting a WEEK of snow , snow, snow.. Poor
Jane felt really bad today I hope she wasnt contagious, she
said she didnt feel well and when she was done here was
going home to bed...*sigh* my fingers are crossed she was
just tired.... I will probly find out in a few days ~~

Well this short person is off to get a bottle of water, I just
woke up from a long winters nap lol.
Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya...Thanks.. Just call me
Always, Shorty *** :-)