I am forever grateful that I can still take care of my needs and live independently. I can also drive which is a huge blessing and I'm able to go for short walks. And I can still play the piano which brings me great enjoyment.
so many blessings when you start counting them!
Hugs to everyone!
Ama

I can garden on my patio in the pots and surround myself with beauty.

I can read good books and learn.

Well I could look at Keesha son on Youtube IF I had a link to it...............LOL

damn , i'm going to kiss my sweet husband until the day i die !!

I can floss....

I could do most things that I have always done with the CP - just have to do them a bit differently and little bits at a time.
The thing that has curtailed my ability to do many of the things I used to do is the A-fib that hit me late last year.

I live by the motto that (IN MY CASE) the pain will not kill me - the sad thing is that if I do stretch the A-fib to breaking point it can.

I can still drive - do the household chores and look after the animals and we have now started setting things up around here so that I can do a lot more of the work around the place if something happens to DH and I need to run things.

thanks for reminding me cherry (floss tonight!). i can still do most things on good days, cook, clean, take care of myself, craft. quite a lot. i really appreciate the days when i push a little like i did today by walking maybe a mile despite the pain. and now i hope i will sleep well. yes, focus on the cans!

I can walk to the bathroom...I can help with dinner. I stoop over but I can now eat with family downstairs. (now going UPstairs is another thing..that is or would be hilarious if it weren't so ssd..I push off with my left foot and pull up with my left hand on the rail...and lean on the right wall and push up one step at a time. But I CAN do it! I, unlike others who have had partial sacral surgeries CAN go to the bathroom...so many have such nerve damage they cannot. I thank God I don't have to wear diapers. It could have come out that way... so I am greatful for what I can do.
I agree we do need to concentrate on what we CAN do and what we are thankful for. If we can when we can. It's really good for the soul. Thanks for a great post.

Normally I can do everything I always did, but not as long as I used to. There are things I can't do, like be a full-time student and probably some hobbies, but I don't want to do them anyway.

since I was an over achiever & wanted to do everything there are things I cannot do.
I can still go to the grocery store, Yuck the one thing I dislike (just kidding, not really) Actually I know my blessings & am more grateful then I can say. I have no doubt god is looking out for me as its amazing how some things fell into place as i progressed.
I'm more then grateful I can still care for my home.

I can do a great impression of a person being electrocuted... I've been told this many times.....LOL....by people observing me having a seizure. LOL. Now that's a skill not everyone has!!! LOL Hugs, Cathy