Life is what you make it!
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:32 pm
As an adult obpi there is only life after injury. I truly believe life is what you make of it.
You can have a piety party or stand up and say "I am more than my arm." As children we don't know how to cope with some of the teasing and taunting. As adults we know where the scars are but we also know that those who abused us were really the inferior ones.
We can do almost anything we put our minds to and lead normal, healthy lives. We must mourn our losses and then move forward to live our lives to the fullest.
We have to make choices and we should choose to live our lives to the best of our ability. We should always attempt to do things even if they seem impossible with our limitations. Better to try and fail... then never try and live with regrets.
I am a wife, a mother and a grandmother. I worked full time jobs all my life and was always active in my children's schools, our church and our community. I speak freely about my arm and am comfortable not only explaining how it happened but how to prevent it.
This injury never controlled my life or defined me. I am a person with an injury not and injury with a person attached.
You can have a piety party or stand up and say "I am more than my arm." As children we don't know how to cope with some of the teasing and taunting. As adults we know where the scars are but we also know that those who abused us were really the inferior ones.
We can do almost anything we put our minds to and lead normal, healthy lives. We must mourn our losses and then move forward to live our lives to the fullest.
We have to make choices and we should choose to live our lives to the best of our ability. We should always attempt to do things even if they seem impossible with our limitations. Better to try and fail... then never try and live with regrets.
I am a wife, a mother and a grandmother. I worked full time jobs all my life and was always active in my children's schools, our church and our community. I speak freely about my arm and am comfortable not only explaining how it happened but how to prevent it.
This injury never controlled my life or defined me. I am a person with an injury not and injury with a person attached.
Just wanted to say THANKS to EVERYONE who has ever shared their story and experience on here.It's been 3 years since my tbpi and had it not been for this forum and the courageous people on here,I would probably be crazier than I naturally am. 
Even though I have yet to meet another person with this injury ,I know I'm not alone."Life after" has been....well.... difficult but not impossible,challenging,eye opening,motivating,uncertain......Life goes on and I must go on as well!.. I didn't know how to live like this after 38 years with no real injuries,I didn't want to live like this,didn't think I could.Once I decided to start living again and not just exist,life has been getting better,I have been getting better.I have learned to love myself all over again,I have someone in my life who excepts and loves me just the way I am (I can't believe it!) and everyday is not a bad one.It's easy to get depressed and give up but there's soo much life to live and people to meet and places to see.I'm stronger than I thought and the only limitations are the ones we set for ourselves.Life after?...well I'm not done with it yet but I have a feeling that it will continue to be full of suprises!!! 
