As I mentioned in the last blog, RAW TV had got in touch to ask if we’d be interested in being part of a programme which had a working title of “Miracle Weddings”. Personally I hadn’t considered our wedding exceptional. Many of my friends have met their partners since becoming………………………………….
We had been together just over 2 years. Everything was going really well; so the more rational amongst you might ask the question: “Why rock the boat?”. Why not just carry on living together happily? I know how much getting married means to Nicky, and I love her very much.………………………………….
After a relatively short period of time, we decided that we’d like to make things more permanent; it just seemed right. Travelling back and forth from Monmouth was difficult, and time consuming for her, and it meant that we could only see each other a few times a week. There………………………………….
So now my life consisted of wheelchair rugby twice a week, working on a “therapeutic” basis, physiotherapy, and family life. Although busy, I still wasn’t fulfilled; I still felt that my stature had changed. I think it partly stems from society’s focus on the work ethic, or at least my………………………………….
Despite having very little function or sensation, bizarrely I didn’t consider myself disabled; I didn’t feel any different inside. For a few years I resisted getting involved with groups of people with disabilities, I think I had a certain perception of how it would be and how I would be………………………………….
