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And not denying the day-in, day-out emotional difficulties and rending associated with such a situation. Reeve’s wife, Dana, was quoted as saying, “I don’t want to be perceived only as this doting, pure saintly wife who would do anything for her man. That is part of me, but I am also many other things. I am in love with and loyal to him and I feel a sense of duty which I knew existed the day I said ‘I do.’ His physical care is now the responsibility of nurses. I have removed myself from that because we need to be husband and wife, not patient and care-giver.” (May 3, 2003, interview in The Daily Mail, UK—from the Internet)
Such as at age 65, taking part in a zero-gravity-simulating flight on a Boeing 747, and hoping to actually ride a rocket ship into space, something he did not live to accomplish. Hardly any able-bodied people would be able to manage such adventures.
Simmonds, P. Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life, Bantam, New York, 2003.
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Kabat-Zinn, J. Neuroplasticity and the Unknown Limits of the Possible. Mindfulness 10, 390–394 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-1080-3
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