From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand: A Roll Through LifeAuthor House, 2007 M04 2 - 332 páginas As Marshall, with his wife and family, rolls through life, accompany him. Enjoy the witty and often whimsical episodes that occur. In work, play, travel, community, and worship, ponder the dialogues of opinions, perceptions, events, and realities of being physically challenged. The journey, which includes more than fifty years in a wheelchair, is presented in a topical display in chapters on different arenas of life: The Paradox - Diversities of perceptions and realties. The Good Old Days - Early life on a one-horse farm. Fate Knocked at My Door - The accident. Angels of Mercy - Hospitalization. Letters of Cheer - Student nurses’ letters. Give Me Elbow Grease - Rehabilitation You Can Go Home Again - Summer at home. The Halls of Ivy - Education. Keeping the Faith – Job searching. The Birds and the Bees – Love and passion. Dreams Come True - Marriage and family. Toiling in the Vineyards - Work experiences. No Man is an Island - Community life. On the Road - Travel. God Bless You – God, others, and I. Keeping the Juices Flowing - Adapting Can’t See the Forest for the Trees – Perceptions. Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk – Realities. The Golden Years - The senior years. The Journey has been one of challenges, physical, mental, and spiritual. It included two years of hospitalization and rehabilitation to prepare him to enter a world not yet ready for the physically challenged. He found himself looking inside with no way in. He boarded airplanes by hand-walking the support rails. He dealt with perceptions: “What can you do? You are handicapped!” His faith and hope were tested: Why me, God? Should I marry? Will any company hire me? Successes came: A lovely wife, two beautiful adopted babies, enjoyable work, friendships, health, and joy.
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... play. We go through the stages of our life acting it out. We all have a role to play, an every changing role during the course of our life. Our environment and our early training may dictate for us certain roles, but we, generally, have ...
... plays a part in visiting, or not visiting, friends and relatives in their homes. Steps are the norm and not the exception. Many household bathrooms are not accessible. Many of my friends and relatives pull me up steps for visits in ...
... played its part . It was a time for dreams . As I cultivated corn , tobacco , and vegetables , I dreamed . I dreamed of learning more about the world that I was a part of . I dreamed of far away places , the exciting life of an explorer ...
... play or at work . We enjoyed what nature had to offer at the moment . Nature's pleasures often came in small packages . We played hide and seek in the dark . We caught lightening bugs to place in a jar , creating natural flashing neon ...
... played board games. Dad, off and on, subscribed to a daily newspaper, either the Cincinnati Post or the Louisville Courier Journal. The newspaper, together with the limited use of the radio, kept us in touch with the world. A radio ...
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Letters of Cheer | 47 |
Give Me Elbow Grease | 65 |
You Can Go Home Again | 87 |
Keeping the Faith | 111 |
Dreams Come True | 133 |
Toiling in the Vineyards | 157 |
No Man Is an Island | 185 |
On The Road | 213 |
God Bless You | 233 |
Keeping the Juices Flowing | 253 |
Cant See the Forest for the Trees | 275 |
Dont Cry Over Spilled Milk | 295 |
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