Kathrn
I am glad to hear that you are not blind. I too, consider myself somewhat blessed. When people hear about all that I have been through and I tell them that I am lucky, they look at me very stragely. I then tell them that I am blessed and lucky to be still alive. With that most agree. For the most part I never even talk about all of my accidents, I simply just try to ignore them and live a normal life like everyone else.
I have learned to be more patient and understanding with those who are somewhat incapable of normal actibites but at the same time I can be really nasty if I think that a person is just faking it to make others feel sorry for them.
Bill819