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 had bicycles . Bailing wire was our maintenance parts . Try wire looped around the axel for ball bearings ! With money that we saved from the chores and fieldwork that we did for the neighbors , we purchased the bicycles ...
... Marvin and I hitchhiked to Stanford to check out books from the library. We read biographies and autobiographies of famous people, the many classics, the Zane Grey Western Series, and the boy mysteries, the Hardy Boys and the Rover Boys ...
... Marvin and I were 'small' for our ages. We started school at seven years of age. We skipped the first grade. The second through fourth grades offered us few challenges. Our absenteeism was high. We often skipped to go fishing, to climb ...
... Marvin and me to do anything, except through Mom. “The boys need to chop out the corn.” And Mom informed us. He expected us to know when things needed to be done and to do it without being told. Naturally, we didn't always know or even ...
... Marvin and I slept together. She usually got us both, the innocent party as well as the guilty. I am sure neither was innocent. It takes two to tango or tangle. Mom and Dad were deeply religious. Even as a young child, Mom was a bold ...
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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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