She was always the life of the party: moving from group to group, laughing and dancing the night away.
The accident left her paralysed from the waist down. People mourned her lack of movement. “She will not be able to dance!” they said. “She will loose her zest for life,” they said.
They did not know that nothing would get her down – certainly not the accident that derailed her life.
She is still the life of the party. The difference now is that her life-long partner is obliged to participate in her party antics while wheeling her about the room.
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2019
(This post was inspired by Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle. The challenge asks for bloggers to write a story in 100 words or less in response to the photo prompt.)
I like that you saw a party game here
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It is a game my extended family played every New Year’s Eve. Especially to Kylie Minogue’s song Locomotion 😀
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An uplifting story, lovely.
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Thank you so much Iain.
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Colline you remind me of something I saw within the last two years when we attended a play at Barter Theater, in Abingdon, Virginia, my hometown. A couple was there on the front row and the wife was in a motorized wheelchair which of course meant she was in need of more attention than most. I saw the husband basically bear hug here and move her from the chair to her seat. Without him she would be lost.
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People who stay around when their partner are immobilized are definitely to be admired. They show their love for their partner every moment of the day.
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Until death do us part is my unchangeable philosophy.
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Love my Hubby all the more because he stayed… and wouldn’t let me “not” do things… even when it meant I broke every dish in the cupboard, ruined all his white clothing, etc., etc. He stood behind me, when even our church minister and deacons told him he could walk away and no one would look at him askance for it because I had no idea who he was. And yes, for a time, I took him dancing while still in my chair…. native dancing in the circle on rough ground, too.
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An inspiring true life story. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Dear Colline,
She’s an overcomer for sure.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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She certainly is Rochelle.
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I guess that’s what he signed up for all those years ago – in sickness, in health and so on. Delightful Colline.
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Thank you Keith. He definitely stuck to his vows.
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Lovely, uplifting story, Colline.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thank you Susan. The photo screamed positivity to me 😀
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Never accept defeat. Never give up. A great story 🙂
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Perseverance is key!
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A lovely and uplifting story, Colline!
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Thank you so much Michelle. 🙂
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This was wonderful, Colline. When one has a zest for life, one pulls all in!
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Thank you Dale.
When you enjoy living, not much gets you down.
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That is the truth right there!
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The only way to keep up the spirits, never to let things get you down.
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That is so true.
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So she makes the best out of a bad situation. She has a positive look on her life. I like it!
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Me too! We all need to strive to be like her.
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That is what is life partner is for. She got a good partner.
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She definitely chose well!
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I’ve always admired people who carry on even when handicapped and those who stay on to love and help them. This is a lovely story, Colline. Now the public facilities and workplaces need to improve to help the handicapped. I use a walker and can’t go anywhere outside this building here India without walking down and back up forth-three steps. Our building is due to be torn down and rebuilt so the new building will have lifts. 🙂 — Suzanne
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It can be frustrating – I had a sense of it when I was pushing my children everywhere in a stroller. I do see moree buildings, however, being adapted for the physically handicapped.
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Glad that she didn’t let it get to you. And even more glad that her partner stood with her through thick and thin. Loved your take on the prompt 🙂
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A representation of what true commitment is 😊
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