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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... Marvin and I left home, survival dictated otherwise. Farm income dwindled. Additional income was needed to bring home the bacon. So Dad leased the tobacco allotment for others to tend. Needless to say, we lived by robbing Peter to pay ...
... Marvin and I had no work at home, we hired out to the local farmers, working in the corn or tobacco harvest, or tended lawns and gardens in the area. We took care of much of the landscaping requirements at a nearby motel. We tended the ...
... Marvin and I did much of the knuckle-rending scrubbing. The wringing out of the water, too, took its toll on our arms. A wet pair of long johns can be heavy. Mom hung the wet clothes on the line with clothes' pins to dry. On bad weather ...
... Marvin and I roamed the forest, swam in creeks, picked wild flowers, identified trees, and watched birds and wild animals at play or at work. We enjoyed what nature had to offer at the moment. Nature's pleasures often came in small ...
... short life, and was very expensive. With the sweat of our brow, Marvin and I earned the money to buy the batteries. Needless to say, listening was rationed! On the radio, we followed the successes and losses of the Kentucky 14.
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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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