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Fat People Aren't Handicapped.....

This post really doesn't have anything to do with fat people being handicapped. I saw the site on Facebook...dealing with taking away their Handicapped Parking Tags, and it got me thinking. I don't think most people realize how inconsiderate they are when it comes to alternately abled people. I mean this in regards to Handicapped Parking Spaces.

The other night at Griffen's baseball game the mother of my boys (my ex-wife), pulls into the packed parking lot....she unloads my boys...including Cullen who uses a wheelchair. She correctly presumes of the cars parked in the 4-5 Handicapped spots, a few are parked illegally (please note I did say illegally). She has no qualms about letting people know when they are illegally parked...soooo she approaches one person sitting in their illegally parked car....she uses tack..using the the "Did you know you were...." approach. As usual in these situations the person moves begrudgingly...with no apology...with no "it wont happen again...". The person somehow feels put out....

Now in this particular incident to overlook the infraction would have meant parking at least a quarter mile away...and navigating the gravel road to the ballfield, while pushing a wheelchair. I am not a confrontational person..so if I had driven this would have been the outcome.

This scene is not rare for us....It happens most often at the schools my sons have attended. Arriving at school functions we will find the Handicapped Parking Spots full...several by illegally parked cars. We have blocked people in before, and we have placed pre-printed fliers on windshields informing people that they are parked illegally, with it being a $500.00 fine. In the cases when the drivers have been present...we have never received an apology...only hostility.

I am not presuming these are cold-hearted, mean people....only that they are thoughtless and inconsiderate. I assume they believe the spots will be unused...or that no one will care. I also think that do not realize alternately abled children go to the school...well guess what Cullen does.....

I will save the Fat People and the Oxygen Bottle People for another post.....

No Thoughts...Oh Wait I Do Have One

The problem with having philosophical blog is that, believe it or not, I don't always have very deep thoughts....Its not that I haven't wanted to blog, it's that I haven't had anything to write. There are definiately periods in my life when I am just trying to make it through the day, week, month, and don't have to time to think much about anything.

There is one thing that has been on my mind lately tho....Is it possible to be spiritual without being religious? What I mean is that lately I do believe God has helped me through some times....times that without his intervention I might have just given up. I thank him for his support. I do not debate his existence in the least, because I am convinced he does exist. The problem I am having is on the religious side of believing. I suppose if cornered would have to admit that my intermittent church going does not constitute going to church. I have a bible, but I don't read it. I am far from perfect...and to be honest some of my imperfections I am not fixing. Don't get me wrong...I strive to be a good person...and do believe I am a good person, but I am fully aware of my limitations.

The ultimate question I have is that....do I have to be able to quote Bible verses, and fill my MP3 player with Christian music to go to heaven?? I'm really not trying to be funny, believe me...When I get to the gates upstairs am I going to be quizzed? Is there really going to be a highlight film of my life?? That worries me....

I hope that when I get there...Whoever is manning the gate that day...looks at me and just knows...yes I can be ass, but I did try...not always successful..but did try.