{"id":4615,"date":"2018-07-25T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2018-07-25T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:36:29","slug":"cp-cant-stop-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/cp-cant-stop-me\/","title":{"rendered":"CP Can’t Stop Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Menachem Weiss, a \u201cspecial<\/strong>\u201d teen, reports on an angle of life that he alone can talk about.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shalom dear readers!<\/p>\n

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CP can’t stop us from having fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember me? I\u2019m the one with CP<\/strong> \u2013 the one who doesn\u2019t let the CP<\/strong> stop me from having fun. Well, not always but I try. There are a lot of things I can\u2019t do in a wheelchair<\/strong> but Ezer Mizion has taught me that there are a lot of things I can do. And I try to take advantage of every one.<\/p>\n

For the past few years I have not attended the Ezer Mizion retreat because I had an opportunity to be taken to Switzerland instead. I always had a blast at the retreats but, after all, Switzerland\u2026This year, Switzerland is not going to work out but I wasn\u2019t shy at all to call Ezer Mizion. It\u2019s like a family and I knew I\u2019d get a big welcome back.<\/p>\n

Like always, I was worried who my counselor will be. Having the right person is so important. I need help with everything. And besides, no counselor can help me if he can\u2019t understand me. My speech is not so great.\u00a0 Well, great news! My cousin, Motty, will be one of the counselors and I\u2019m going to ask that he be assigned to me. We get along great.\u00a0 He understands me when I try to talk and he knows just what I need and how to manage everything.\u00a0 So, I already registered and made up with my friend, Gavriel, that we\u2019d be in the same session and in the same room. I hope everything will work out for the best and we\u2019ll enjoy ourselves as we did in the past.<\/p>\n

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CP can’t stop me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m really looking forward to it. I remember one year, we went to the ocean. I had never seen the ocean, never in my life, and the counselor was able to get the wheelchair<\/strong> all the way up to the waves. I could feel them! Wow! That was really something. One year we had a magician as entertainment who did some really cute tricks. \u00a0One of the days began with a performance about a king who searched for happiness. It gave us a lot of food for thought in a fun way. After lunch, we went out and there, outside, was an authentic Bedouin encampment. They even brought a real camel and walked him around all the time. They gave out drums and big darboukas and we tapped along energetically, together with the Bedouins. Leave it up to Ezer Mizion. What will they think of next?!\u00a0 We also had a band and I danced, sort of. It was fantastic! We ended the day with slow songs, songs of yearning and prayer.<\/p>\n

I had a fantastic counselor that year, Yehoshua, who looked after me with all his heart and never forgot to give me occasional chocolates so I would have a sweet, happy time.<\/p>\n

I always start off with fears about any new counselor \u2013 whether he\u2019ll understand me and know how to help me –\u00a0 all kinds of nonsense and in the end, every counselor is great and I forget about it all and enjoy myself. But what can I do \u2013 I can\u2019t overcome my worrywart habit. But this year, I\u2019ll probably have Motty so I can skip my usual nervous session. I\u2019ll let you know how it all works out.<\/p>\n

Until next time,<\/p>\n

Menachem Weiss<\/p>\n

Ezer Mizion provides services to over 660,000 of Israel\u2019s population annually in addition to its Bone Marrow Registry which saves the lives of Jewish cancer patients the world over.<\/p>\n

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