My name is Wanda,but most people know me as Sissie. I am 50 years old and a t3 paraplegic (paralized from the breast down) from being shot in the back in 1995. I have a son, who has blessed me with 2 beautiful grandchildren. I'm a very outspoken person, which some people can take and others can't.But i do say what i think. I'm from Ky., yes just an ole country girl.I now live in Ohio with a man i met in 1998 and been with since.Believe it or not i found a good man in this world, i didn't think they were any such thing as that but i found out different. He's there for me for anything i can't do. I try to live life as normal as possible with my disability, its hard but i do the best i can and what i can't do he helps me find a way to do it.I could never put into words how much he means to me,but i try and show him the best way i can.You can say i have lived 2 sides of life,one was walking and enjoying life to the fullest and in a split second my whole life changed. A 38 calibur was stuck in my left back side and shot. I took 3 steps and my life changed forever. I had walked for 35 years and then it stopped. My second life started, the life of not walking and being disabled. I hate that word,people look at me like i'm some kind of freak or look at me out of pity,and the only thing changed in me was that i couldn't walk.But people didn't see that.I withdrew from the community that i was very well know in.And i found out who my true friends were. They were with me when i walked and they are with me now.Buddies are a dime a dozen and Friends are few and far between and i have found that out. I live life now to the fullest that i can and its a great life. I drive and that gave me more independance than anything else after i was shot.The van i have is totally equipped for me and i need no help at all loading and driving it.I can come and go as i please now and its a great feeling for me.Ones that walk and drive can't understand what its like to go 12 years without driving and then get the ability to do so again.And i owe that to him again,he has brought me out of a shell i thought i never would see or do again.I have been through alot in the last 13 years but i have found happiness at last. So if you would like to get to know me or already know me and want to stay in touch or who knows, become new friends. Stop in and give me a message and we'll take it from there. I'm always looking for old and new friends.
