From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand: A Roll Through LifeAuthor House, 02/04/2007 - 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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... God-given abilities to the fullest, creating our own unique reality, while letting the images fall where they may. Let each of us step to the music that we hear. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he ...
... No Man Is an Island 185 On The Road 213 God Bless You 233 Keeping the Juices Flowing 253 Can't See the Forest for the Trees 275 Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk 295 The Golden Years 307 THE PARADOX Life in a chair Need not be hard ix.
... God and not man-made rules and traditions that help define a denomination. We, too, wanted to be a part of our children's church activities. The inaccessibility of houses often plays a part in visiting, or not visiting, friends and ...
... God put the animals here on earth for our use. We ate them. We enjoyed the meal. We thanked God. We had no electricity. Rural electric had come to much of Kentucky. Many could not afford to have it installed or to pay the bills ...
... God! Our boys can come home. No more lives will be lost. We can get back to a normal, daily life.” We made ... God's great playground, the forest. It was daytime excursions of fauna and flora. It was moonlight strolls, watching ...
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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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