Jessica's Blog Makes Me Think

I've been posting links to my friend Jessica's blog for the past few weeks, and each post leaves me with something to ponder.

One of the things that I love about Jess's blog is the fact that she is finally finding a way to get her "voice" out there. Having cerebral palsy, communication has been an obstacle for her. Now, with today's technology, she is finding that being heard is much easier.

Many of her blogs make me think about the subject at hand, but today's blog made me think deeper. It made me realize some things that I take for granted.

The thing I miss the most is taking a vacation. When I was little, every year or so we'd take a trip to Panama and Pensacola, Florida. That was back in the day when it was easy to pick me up out of my wheelchair. Back then I only needed one person to help pick me up; now that I am a full-grown adult, I have to have a machine pick me up. - Jessica Lormand

Jess longs for another vacation. Most of us take vacations for granted. Sure, we have to think about finding someone to look after the house or the pets, and maybe find someone to "cover" for us at work, but most of us don't have to worry about making certain that the vacation destination has the facilities for helping us out of a wheelchair.

The other part of today's blog opened my eyes to something another thing that I never even considered for anyone confined to a wheelchair: romance.