Missed opportunity...
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Posted:Aug 24, 2012 5:19 am
Last Updated:Oct 20, 2012 1:01 am
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I have an older sister who suffered a traumatic brain injury ten years ago. My siblings and her take turns taking care of her in order to give her husband (who is her primary care-giver) a break now and then. Our latest with that was to bring her here to MA and get a hotel room for a few days, so that we can take her to the beach that she loves. Yesterday was my beach day with my sis. Many beaches have these cool wheelchairs made for the sand and for bringing into the water. They are made out of PVC pipe and have these balloon tires, so a lot of our time yesterday was spent with her strapped in the chair and me holding on to it and wheeling and bouncing in the surf. She and I both loved it and laughed like hell for hours.
My dream woman was there. It's hard to guess age, but I had this sense that she was closer to age to me than that much younger. She was on the petite side, which I like, and she was still in such fine shape to wear a two piece bathing suit that a 30 year old would wear but not be worried about showing off too much, and I liked what she was showing off. She looked amazing, strong, lithe, pretty, incredibly sexy. During the latter part of the day we exchanged a couple of smiles, but I could just not let go of the chair and strike up a conversation, or do anything to flirt, beyond a nervous smile. It was part being shy and part that my sister needs 100% focused attention. She gets scared if I even let go of the chair for more than a few seconds, though she's safe, I can imagine what it would feel like if you can't move and the power of the surf and tides.
All I could do was go to Craig's list and post to 'missed connections', list the beach by name and point out that I was the guy with the funny wheelchair and that I noticed her, and wish that I had said SOMETHING but had the excuse of not wanting to let my sis float out to sea. All I can hope for is that she sees the ad I posted and felt the same towards me as I did to her, maybe a friend gets it to her attention. But I feel sad that this is probably not likely, and guess that I just need to let it go and try to be more on it the next time a dream girl shows up.
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