I used to go walking in the rain
Listening to the splashes on the umbrella
Feeling the watery mire under my boots
Enjoying the vigor of the surrounding air
Returning home I would shake myself
Like a wet dog, clearing the drops
Curl up on a warm seat with a coffee
Relax with a good feeling
My walks are now in my home
with a mop or a vacuum cleaner
No longer a need for an umbrella
At home it is dry and warm
I stumble around
Hold onto chairs and tables
Anything to steady my step
And take a look, is it still raining?
And so I read a book, rest with the computer
Stare out the window and wait
Tomorrow might be dry, the sun shining
I can go places again
With a wheelchair everything is at your feet
But you cannot use them so well
So wheel on with the camera
Capture the sights and hope the rain stays away
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
I love your outlook so much. I have known so may defeated people over the course of my life. My dad wasn’t defeated, but technology had not caught up to his will yet. I love your photos and commentary, the little visits I get to take to Solothurn via your wheelchair and camera. ❤
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I am lucky. I could buy my electric wheelchair. I am sure that I would not have got one from the Swiss social services, only a mechanical one. I was never rich but careful and now I realise that I can buy things that are necessary when you get older.My ability to move is most important and even if it is in a wheelchair, or even a walker. When Mr. Swiss was no loger to drive I had no choice. I ever enjoyed driving but now it is my transport and I am enjoying it. My car is my “bella”.
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❤
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Really your post made me think. Thank you.
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Should say: Your post made me really think. Thank you!
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I have MS but I manage OK. And I still have my car
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Wheel on !!!!!
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I will (wheel) regardless
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Love your outlook.
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That’s life
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What a lovely post. So thought-provoking and empowering. I didn’t know you had MS, nor a wheelchair (not that one has to know these things!). Beautiful writing, as usual.
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I have had MS for at least 30 years, but it was only discovered a few years ago when it began to get worse. Now I have it under control better. I am lucky my symptoms are manageable, more fatigue than anything else and being careful not to fall as I cannot stand up again without help.
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