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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... Mom's father passed on most of his freshly killed hog scraps for rendering. Lye soap can be hard on the skin and the body parts. Do keep it away from all bodily orifices! Yet it was the soap of choice, and usually our only choice, for ...
... Mom's father, for the chores that my brother and I performed for him and grandmother. We enjoyed the mixed pleasure and work sessions at our grandparents. We chatted with Grandma and pondered the riddles of Grandpa. We feasted on cakes ...
... Mom's reading consisted of the newspaper, the catalogs, the Sunday school lesson, and the Bible. In World War I, Dad tutored recruits in the basic 3Rs. When we entered the first grade, my twin and I could read, write, spell, perform ...
... Mom's energy and Dad's quiet unassuming ways did conflict, more often than not. It wasn't helped by the bad economic times and the declining farm income. Mom was one of the older children in a family of ten siblings. She was the only ...
... Mom's wrath, but we weren't sure of God's. He might punish us for our many misdeeds. Mom's pleas to God had an initial impact. When nothing happened, we ceased to take the outcry seriously. Yet we were still a little apprehensive. When ...
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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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