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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... side ? No ! He didn't go for gambling . He objected to cards only if you bet on the outcome of the played hand . Playing cards was not his thing . Reading was his hobby . We had few toys . In our early youth , we had a red wagon ...
... side. His reading consisted of the newspaper, the Bible, the Moody Sermon series, and the periodicals that he ordered from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mom went through the eight grade of school, but her education was limited by ...
... side. Then he sent us home with a gallon of milk or a slab of meat. When one of his sons bought him a new radio, we were given the old one. Grandma was always ready to share their bounty. Mom was industrious. She worked hard. She wanted ...
... side window. Reality left! When I came to, I felt a cool, drizzle of rain on my face. Was I dreaming? I lay on a stretcher. Pain racked my body. It shocked me fully awake. Reality hit me! It was not a dream. We had wrecked! Where was ...
... side of the shuttle. I wanted to see planet earth, drenched in the light of the full moon. It was not to be. I fade away into darkness. Light returned. The sun was rising. I remarked, “That is the San Bernardino Mountains.” We had not ...
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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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