From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand: A Roll Through LifeAs 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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... Kentucky, tobacco was the main cash crop. Dad did not, however, believe in raising tobacco. Yet he never objected to us working in the tobacco harvest of others. I guess, individually, each had to come to terms with that. When we grew ...
... Kentucky. Many could not afford to have it installed or to pay the bills. Kerosene lamps served for lights. The light was dim. Yet it burned late into the night with homework or pleasure reading. The kerosene served many purposes. It ...
... had a very 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.
... Kentucky college basketball teams and the Cincinnati Reds. We listened to the big time bands out of Chicago and the pop music of the era. The shows, Amos and Andy, Johnny Dollar, I was a Communist for the FBI, Groucho Marx, and others ...
... a ridge bordering the Cumberland Foothills, in Berea, Kentucky. Berea accepts students who need the low-cost opportunity for a college education. The tuition is a part of a unique labor program. 25 Fate Knocked at My Door.
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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 |