More Than Friends
“While they held him afloat, they rhythmically manipulated an arm or a leg, bending it, rotating it, straightening it, ever gently, but ever more. The goals were flexibility and strength.
Michael was still recovering from the removal of the casts. Despite warnings to the contrary from the doctors, he had been hoping that the casted parts would emerge in perfect working order. Teke had been hoping it herself, she was that desperate for a miracle. But it wasn't to be, which caused another emotiona...l slide.
"How's that feel?" the therapist asked him.
"Dumb," was Michael's muttered response. "If my friends saw me doing this, they'd laugh. I feel like a baby." "It'd be easier if you were," the therapist remarked. He was a gentle giant with a dry wit that had boosted Teke's spirits more than once. Now he said, "Babies are eager to learn things. They try and try, over and over again. When they fall, no sweat, they get up. They don't know about embarrassment.
Big people do. They get hung up with their image.MoreLess
Michael was still recovering from the removal of the casts. Despite warnings to the contrary from the doctors, he had been hoping that the casted parts would emerge in perfect working order. Teke had been hoping it herself, she was that desperate for a miracle. But it wasn't to be, which caused another emotiona...l slide.
"How's that feel?" the therapist asked him.
"Dumb," was Michael's muttered response. "If my friends saw me doing this, they'd laugh. I feel like a baby." "It'd be easier if you were," the therapist remarked. He was a gentle giant with a dry wit that had boosted Teke's spirits more than once. Now he said, "Babies are eager to learn things. They try and try, over and over again. When they fall, no sweat, they get up. They don't know about embarrassment.
Big people do. They get hung up with their image.MoreLess
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