MsOpal
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julietsierra ~ wow, what a great post. Absolutly! Partners are partners and with love and thoughtfulness and concern for one another we just make things work out. 4 years ago Argent was having some bad health issues and he was not quite 50 yet. Well, life sometimes has a quirky sense of humor and at a time when I really needed to be there for him emotionally, to be able to help him cope with what might have been a life threatening situation I was thrown a real curve ball of my own. He was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease and I was diagnosed with diabetes and cancer ~ all in less than 2 week's time. He was experimenting with new and different drug regimes and I was trying to learn to control my diabetes so they could plan my surgery, all while keeping our seperate and combined wits about us (and he and I were/are building our own home, every nail and screw). I desperately needed him to comfort me and he desperately needed me to comfort him and the best we could do was lay in bed and cry with each other for awhile, as the sort of whiplash feeling made us dizzy. We relied on friends and family, took medical advice from experts, and just did the best we could. But the bottom line was no mater what happened we were both there for each other, what one could do for the other we did. Isn't that what being partners is about? Bounty - in our case Argent is actually in better physical condition than I am due to some old accident-injuries. I am not crippled or anything, just have a few physical limitations. But that does not mean I do not try or would not try to do what ever he required of me when he needed me. It is a sad truth of like that we cannot all do what we used to do and if a sub is able then I would think it was totally correct to have them do what they can. As long as they are doing it for you or by your direction, you are still in charge. Our local community had a Dom who was wheelchair bound and legally blind (sadly he passed recently) but watching him with his 2 - yes, 2 girls was so much fun. He was clearly in charge. Yes they had to make sure he got to where he wanted or needed to go, they got his food and made sure he knew what it was, made sure it was cut properly, but their attitude was always one of service and never did they appear to think they were any better than he was. They even played - he loved to use a flogger and he was quite good at it - I have to say seeing a blind man in a wheel chair the first time as he prepared to play at a party was pretty mindboggling, but once the scene began there was not doubt that here was a clearly dominant and proficient man with 2 beautiful ladies who loved him very much. True partners in life always compliment one another and as their life and partnership ebbs and flows with life one may seem to have more responsibilities that the other, but the overall dynamic is in place and all remains stable. edited for nasty typos!
< Message edited by MsOpal -- 5/10/2007 1:51:11 PM >
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He held out His hand and said "Step into the abyss with me." and I did.
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