tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4078281038165573227..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Ick Ick IckDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-56498821357476043042009-02-24T23:00:00.000-05:002009-02-24T23:00:00.000-05:00Let me start by saying I love your blog! We used ...Let me start by saying I love your blog! <BR/>We used to have conversations at dinner about the same type of thing, but it was not 'fueling' anything as horribly perverse as you described, but it did fuel a sense of compassion at our house. I remember struggling with which of my senses meant the most to me and how I experience life and what I was willing to give up. I remember thinking how it must feel to not have a choice and have sight taken away, or hearing, mobility etc.<BR/>I guess the direction of the conversation and the outcome on the children participating, depends on the parents who are leading the conversation...and their motives. My parents motives were to teach us acceptance and how to put ourselves in others shoes. For me, it has worked. <BR/><BR/>As a side comment, I will never forget the time my then 3yo saw a woman in a motorized wheelchair for the first time. He said "Mom...what's that?" "A wheelchair", I responded. "Why does she need a wheelchair?" he asked. "I don't know, Joe, but..." and before I could finish he said...<BR/>"I bet it goes 'zippy zippy vroom vroom!!! Do you think she can pop a wheelie??"<BR/>I told him that he would have to ask her himself!LOL!!<BR/>The lady in the wheelchair was laughing so hard, she couldn't answer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-26401166280095892682009-02-18T14:03:00.000-05:002009-02-18T14:03:00.000-05:00amymdmom, the comment section is found right at th...amymdmom, the comment section is found right at the bottom of the article in the Times.<BR/><BR/>FridaWrites, thanks for making a comment there too! Anyone else who leaves a comment there, let us know here.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1588526542127115392009-02-18T09:58:00.000-05:002009-02-18T09:58:00.000-05:00Well said Dave! Did you happen to put a link to yo...Well said Dave! Did you happen to put a link to your blog in your comment to the "expert?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-28546763112246252422009-02-18T02:35:00.000-05:002009-02-18T02:35:00.000-05:00Wow. I was almost in a wheelchair once. And I'm no...Wow. I was almost in a wheelchair once. And I'm not disablist. Some of my best friends are disabled. :|FridaWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321658097813377806noreply@blogger.com