"You're too big for the straitjacket." That's what the x-ray Technician said to my baby granddaughter. I joked with my audience in the waiting room, "I've been waiting all my life to hear those words."

Callie

Callie has some pretty bothersome asthma; actually, it bothers the adults in her life a lot more than it does her. She runs until she can't, giggles until she can't—Callie lives life to her fullest. Her asthma doctor wanted some x-rays. She cried loud and clear her indignation at the cold room and scary machinery. The tech wanted to use a board with straps to keep her still but at 20 months Callie is the size of a three year old. The board was out. She was too big.

On the way to Mc Donald's (there must be rewards for enduring scary machinery), I thought about the physical limitations that some of us must work through and overcome. We all know people without limbs, sight, without hearing. Those limitations can't be "fixed." Those limitations can't be modified. For the most part people must choose their attitude toward physical challenges.