This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Andy Hicks, Regional Sales Manager for Altimate Medical Inc.
When I was in my mid-twenties, living in San Diego, California (boy, that was fun), I was dating a very attractive young woman that was in a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury. We meet through a sports club with many wheelchair athletes. I am not going to tell you the stories about the wild trips to Mexico and the parties with her crazy friends (that could be another blog entry) but I will tell you about one particular event.
Anent decided to clean her kitchen so she got onto her long leg braces and stood, with an aid of a walker to clean her upper cabinets. I walked in the door and was taken back. We had known each other for about two years and I had never seen her standing, and she had never seen me when she was standing. I confess I lie about my height, I am 5’7 ½” but I say I am 5″8″. Anent is 6’2″, so, when I walked up to her, I had to stand on my tiptoes to give her a kiss. Maybe she did not like the look of the top of my head, because she dumped me about a week after that.
But, usually, standing is a good thing, and I am sure it was for Anent. Just maybe not for me.
How has standing changed the way you “see” things? Maybe you can see the dust on the top of your bookshelf better, or maybe you are “taller” then your kids or significant other?
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Only you Andy! : )
1 point for standing – 0 points for Andy Hicks
Maybe after she stood up she stopped looking up to you. haha