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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... limited to dialogue . People do express them in gestures , shrugs of the shoulders , downcast eyes , and other actions . Some look over me or past me . Others go around me . Some ignore me to talk to someone else . Even though I ...
... limited to minor roads. It was too dangerous on the main drags. Dad generally walked. For banking and other business transactions, he caught the greyhound bus for the five to ten mile destinations. Shopping was another story. At times ...
... limited, primarily, to ferns in various shapes and colors of green, the several varieties of daises, and to the goldenrods with its sprays of yellow sparklers. Many wild plants are choosy about where they live. But they aren't choosy ...
... limited them to starter fuel and a quick fire for cooking. Along with wood chips, a sheet or two of a newspaper, and a little kerosene, we soon had a roaring fire. We gathered nuts from the hickory trees to eat. We hulled walnuts for ...
... limited by her father's refusal to buy the current books. He said, “The books that the boys used were good enough for them. They are good enough for you.” Grandfather could not read or write! But you could not cheat him out of a nickel ...
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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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