Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency terminated thousands of experienced public health professionals in an April Fools’ Day massacre. We’re all about to pay the price.
Yeah, she was 34 when it happened and fell into a pretty deep depression for years. The amount of work she had to do to become baseline functional again was more than her marriage could bear. There were no kids, so at least that wasn’t a factor. The good news is she met someone amazing and got remarried once she had the energy to focus on that again. Overall her life is pretty incredible again, but it was a very tough journey to get there.
One aside that I think is cool that I learned about guide dogs is they can be trained to watch for obstacles at human head height. Rowing racing shells have metal oar riggers that stick out pretty far and when they’re stored on racks, and can be at a variety of heights and are easy to trip over or walk into. Her dog was trained to watch for these sticking out at up to about 6’ and walk her around them even if there was no obstruction on the floor. He knew the difference between what she could fit under and what he had to navigate her around.
It’s a sign of her patience and character that she put up with my _ball_istic attitude… actually… she’s a fucking saint for putting up with me before all this went down…
People jokingly call their partner their better half. She’s literally the best thing that ever happened to me. Also weeeelllllll out of my league.
TBF there could have been other things, like the person who went blind having a major personality change.
Yeah, she was 34 when it happened and fell into a pretty deep depression for years. The amount of work she had to do to become baseline functional again was more than her marriage could bear. There were no kids, so at least that wasn’t a factor. The good news is she met someone amazing and got remarried once she had the energy to focus on that again. Overall her life is pretty incredible again, but it was a very tough journey to get there.
One aside that I think is cool that I learned about guide dogs is they can be trained to watch for obstacles at human head height. Rowing racing shells have metal oar riggers that stick out pretty far and when they’re stored on racks, and can be at a variety of heights and are easy to trip over or walk into. Her dog was trained to watch for these sticking out at up to about 6’ and walk her around them even if there was no obstruction on the floor. He knew the difference between what she could fit under and what he had to navigate her around.
Good doggo
Totally. I replied to another comment saying basically the same thing. Check that one if you want some over sharing.
You really testicled your wife’s patience there.
It’s a sign of her patience and character that she put up with my _ball_istic attitude… actually… she’s a fucking saint for putting up with me before all this went down…
People jokingly call their partner their better half. She’s literally the best thing that ever happened to me. Also weeeelllllll out of my league.
#blessed or some shit