Staying Busy is Not Hard

The thing that is hard for me is remembering that I must take time to relax and rejuvenating myself so that I am the person I want to portray to others. I do love to stay active despite what my girls believe I would be out and about more often if it were not for my need to get only a minimal amount of sun due to the medications I am on to stay healthy and get them from place to place. My son being older seems to understand which is nice. The thing is my son is 17 so he understands but even so as a younger child he would find friends in the neighborhood that he could spend time with instead of relying on me to entertain him.

My basic goals are to stay healthy enough to get the girls to activities such as gymnastics and sometimes bowling or even walking around the River Park. The things I plan are things that are either indoors or take less than and hour in the sun to complete. I feel bad that I feel I cannot take them to the public pool because of the lack of shade and the fact that I may accidentally spend too much time in the sun and thus become sick and not be able to get them home safely. I know it hurts them when I say no and see them stomp away as if it is their fault and I simply do not love fun.

I love fun I just have limit the amount of fun I do have at once. I enjoy life for the most part and get frustrated  because I am unable do more than I do already. The fact is, yes, without my cerebral palsy I would most definitely be more physically active than I am now.