Day 305: wheel chair accessability

Hello again,
Today I am thankful for something that may seem odd so I should explain. As you may or may not know, I am still dealing with trying to gain back my strength from having 2 back surgeries. I had to use a wheel chair for a short time after the surgeries but I no longer need a wheel chair. In that sense I am really thankful for the wheel chair accessibility because it made getting around much easier. But right now I still deal with difficulty with lack of strength and opening heavy doors to office buildings is a big issue. Those wheel chair accessibility buttons that you press to open a door are often a necessity for me to be able to enter buildings. I may not be in a wheel chair but I still can't open doors very easily. What made me think about this today is because I had to go to the Provincial Building and they have one wheel chair accessible entrance but it is on the other side of the building which is difficult for me to get to. So I tried to use the other entrance which isn't so hard to get to but it isn't very accessible to me because the doors are so heavy. I ended up hurting my back and arms trying to get into the building. I managed to just barely pull it open far enough to squeeze through and it almost shut on me. For the life of me I really can't understand why doors need to be that heavy. I am thankful for the lady that helped me open the second set of doors because I would have been in a ton more pain if she hadn't of been there when she was. I am so thankful for the buildings that have the doors that open for you because often I need them to get in. It is difficult to have someone with you while you run errands just so you can get in to buildings. Sorry if this seems somewhat negative today. I am in a lot of pain and frustrated because I thought the other entrance was blocked due to construction so I tried the other entrance and wish I had checked for sure. I am frustrated that they don't make that building accessible from each entrance. But it reminded me almost instantly of all the buildings that are accessible in that way and it helped lessen the negative feelings of the situation. Thanks for reading through this post and bearing with me. Someday I will be strong enough and not need assistance but right now I do and I am thankful for it when ever it is available!