Barack Obama

(and I'm annoyingly healthy) and those of us whose children are also healthy (don't ask) have no clue what it is like to have chronic health problems, or to have a child with severe health issues.

It has long been my belief that if there is any meaning to life (and I do believe there is a meaning) then the underlying foundation is that we are here to help each other.

My good health does NOT mean I can look in scorn upon those less healthy. It means I need to appreciate my good fortune. So WHAT if I wind up "paying" for someone else's needs. Big deal. I get to go through life easily, not in pain, not restricted in my movements. I probably have no clue exactly how wonderful that is.

Honestly, if I actually had a wish that could be granted, it would be that everyone would at a minimum have as good health as I do. Okay, so that would put a lot of doctors out of business, but then we could afford to train them all for something else.