I am so embarrassed.

EPTR
Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:50:58 +0000

A dear friend of mine has ALS. Everytime I go to complain about anything, i think of her. unfortunately, we are all human and our discomfort is viewed through a subjective lens.

What really resonates for me is when I am with her and she wants to know how I am doing. We forget while we are chatting that she is sick and talk about mundane things like diets and exercise and things. Later I reflect on the things we talked about and feel badly that the subject of exercise even came up! She would give anything to be able to get up out of her wheel chair, let alone exercise. The thing is, though, that more than anything else, she wants to treated as any other friend and have normal conversations about everyday things. She hates when people tiptoe around subjects out of discomfort or sympathy.