I'm in the media for wearing a kilt

[NewKilt]

I had posted in another thread that our local paper was doing an article about me wearing a kilt full time. Below is the link.

http://www.newstribune.com/articles/...6feature10.txt

They got some of the facts about my disabilities mixed up, and I was hoping that they would also include a picture of me wearing my Irish National, but that one was omitted.

The editoral staff will be deciding later if this article will be submitted to Associated Press for publication.

Darrell

[Caradoc]

Wearing a kilt has made Lawrence more confidant, outgoing and helped him meet new people.

While I'm sure the kilt has made you more confident, I do wish that people who receive pay for holding the title "editor" would actually do their darned jobs.

Reliance on an automated spellchecker is the hallmark of the lazy.

Other than that, the article paints a rosy picture of you and kilts in general.

"Guid oan ye!"

[Southern Breeze]

Great article! Guid oan ya!

[Blu (Ontario)]

I think the story was nicely done. It shows a great deal more maturity and balance than some I've read. Overall it's concise but covers the subject well.

My hats off to you and the Tribune!

blu

[BLAZN]

I rather enjoyed both the article centered on you as well as the "related" article.

I like how they used a photo of your collection in the second article.

[NewKilt]

Wearing a kilt has made Lawrence more confidant, outgoing and helped him meet new people.

While I'm sure the kilt has made you more confident, I do wish that people who receive pay for holding the title "editor" would actually do their darned jobs.

Reliance on an automated spellchecker is the hallmark of the lazy.

Other than that, the article paints a rosy picture of you and kilts in general.

"Guid oan ye!"

It paints a rosy picture of me? I haven't found 24/7 pain, or dealing with the side effects of 10 different medications a day, or facing a 50% chance that I will die within the next 5 years very rosy - a black rose perhaps. However, as the article states, I accept comments graciously, as I'm sure the News Tribune would with your remarks should you choose to contact them.

Darrell

[KiltedKnight]

You're not alone Darrel. I too have type ll mellitus and in between waking and sleeping I take 14 different pills and I'm no stranger to pain. Pain wakes me almost every night but I guess that's all a part of aging for some of us folks.

Death waits for all of us, healthy or not.
He squats in a corner of our room or on the street corner down the block but he's nothing to worry about, none of us know when he'll come for us but he will, there's no doubt about that but until he does we stop and smell the roses no matter what color they are and not worry about how far ahead of us our end is.

You and I are lucky, we stand head and shoulders above most other men, we wear kilts, we collect kilts we live kilts and we stand apart from the rest of the world in kilts.

One thing I know for sure because somebody once said that none of us are going to get out of this life alive but by God, I'm going to take my kilts with me.

Chris.

[TechBear]

It paints a rosy picture of me? I haven't found 24/7 pain, or dealing with the side effects of 10 different medications a day, or facing a 50% chance that I will die within the next 5 years very rosy - a black rose perhaps.

Darrell, I have lived with T2 diabetes for almost 7 years. It was caught very early, thanks to me being in an unrelated medical research program, and until about a year and a half ago was doing well without any medication. My grandfather, though, had serious complications before he was diagnosed, and my mother (his daughter) is on several medications and is starting to show signs of neuropathy. I know what they've gone through and what my mother faces and what I will face myself if I'm not very, very careful.

The very fact that you are out and about walking, enjoying life, is rosy enough.

And nice picture of you in the kilt

[MacSimoin]

Darrell,

It's always refreshing to hear there are others 'like me' (i.e. disabled, or differently-abled for all you PC types) who wear kilts. As I'm sure you know, it can be frustrating to be looked upon as 'different' or 'inferior' because of a physical impairment, but wearing a kilt can and does alter such ill-conceived perceptions. Like a few others here, I've found sporting a cane (out of necessity) sometimes 'merits' further compliments...strange as that sounds.

I especially liked the ending of the article:

“When they make a comment, I accept that graciously,” Lawrence said, “because this is the garment of a gentleman.”

Well done.

[mrpharr]

Fantastic article. Good on ya!