It’s been about three years since my last relationship.
I realized that certain people are open to dating someone in a wheelchair. This gave me hope about finding someone to spend my life with and have a family. I ended up falling in love with this person and got engaged. I was ready to spend the rest of my life with her, but sometimes life doesn’t always work out as planned. After being engaged for a year and a half, we decided to part ways. This was an extremely hard and dark time for me. It was my first time ever loving someone and having my heart broken. I had never experienced heartbreak until then. It was one of the hardest things I have gone through in my life.
Feelings of hopelessness came flooding back into my mind. I was devastated and angry. However, just like the many lessons I learned after my injury, I learned a lot about myself following my heartbreak. It hurt me every day for a long time, and the only thing that helped was leaning on God and time. It takes time to heal from this kind of experience. Having my heart broken made me a stronger person. It showed me what I really want in a person and the kind of person I deserve in my life. It gave me an opportunity to grow and focus on myself for a while. I had no interest in dating the first year after my breakup.