Disabled Veterans Experience

The past five weeks, I got to experience something I have never experienced before in my life. I believe this was life changing for me and opened my eyes on how thankful I am to be doing what I am today. Deciding to work with disable veterans was one of the best experiences I have ever been a part of. Every Monday, from October 31st to November 28th at two o’clock, started the same for me. I would go outside to get my veteran off the bus. I would take my veteran into the back gym at the ARC. The gym was always playing music with some college students working out on top in the little area. Usually there was about five to seven veterans with one to two college students assisting them. Each day would start off by walking the veteran around the gym for a couple minutes. Followed by some group stretches then smaller group stretches involving flexibility, strength, and endurance. After all the warming up, we would begin our activity for the day. We would start off
I remember talking to him the first day of the practicum. He told me something along the lines “my family put me into this home and they want nothing to do with me.” That statement right there really made me think about what I have been gifted with throughout life. I am thankful to have the people in my life especially my family members that are so loving and caring. Just hearing him say that statement really made open up my eyes and look at what I really have in my life. I also learned that you could be perfectly fine one day and the next your life could be going downhill. Paul also showed me to always have a positive attitude towards anything I’m doing in life. Most people would say that being in a wheelchair and losing muscle everyday isn’t the perfect life. But Paul definitely makes the best of it and that’s what really makes me happy. If I had the opportunity to do this again I would definitely sign up for it every single