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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... man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, However measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau From Where I Sit , From Where You Stand The vii.
... Man Is an Island 185 On The Road 213 God Bless You 233 Keeping the Juices Flowing 253 Can't See the Forest for the Trees 275 Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk 295 The Golden Years 307 THE PARADOX Life in a chair Need not be hard ix.
... man-made rules and traditions that help define a denomination. We, too, wanted to be a part of our children's church activities. The inaccessibility of houses often plays a part in visiting, or not visiting, friends and relatives in ...
... man's steak ) , macaroni , cheese , oats , rice , and , infrequently , bananas and vanilla wafers for a banana pudding . Vegetable growing is labor intensive . It was long hours in the fields to cultivate and to harvest the produce ...
... man cross cut saw to provide a supply of wood for the cold days ahead. It was up at daybreak to cut firewood to bake the biscuits and to fry the eggs or to kill a chicken for breakfast. We caught the young unsuspecting fryer, stretched ...
Contents
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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 |