Julian’s Progress

Yesterday was my daughter’s wedding. It was a wonderful affair, and she and my new son-in-law organized the whole thing. It was a Baha’i wedding, with many elements from the Jewish tradition as well.

For the past several months, I have been working out at the YMCA, with one goal… that I be able to dance at her wedding! To think that way back when I was just starting out on this journey, at the physiotherapist’s at the hospital, I chided the physio’s assistant for referring to the joys of dancing while working with me, a quadriplegic who showed absolutely no signs of ever being able to stand, let alone walk or dance.

Well, I have been working out, practicing standing and walking, and generally getting stronger and stronger. Here I am dancing with my daughter:

What I find most amusing, is that before my spinal cord injury I hardly ever used to dance, and didn’t consider myself a very good dancer.