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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... took thumbnail sketches of my life at its various stages, without knowing this fact, you would assume that I differ little from others with similar demographic characteristics. Choose a time, say my forties, and tune in. I am married ...
... took on an added meaning. I was taught that you had to take hold of the plow handles and to hold it in the ground if you wanted to plow. I wanted to plow. People around me saw that. They gave me the encouragement and the help to hold on ...
... took care of much of the landscaping requirements at a nearby motel . We tended the flower beds . We used a push lawn mower to cut the two - acre area . It was not the motorized conveniences of today ! It was a life of continual toil ...
... took its toll on our arms. A wet pair of long johns can be heavy. Mom hung the wet clothes on the line with clothes' pins to dry. On bad weather days, the line became a rope stretched across the kitchen and the combination family room ...
... took hold of a toe. The barnyard animals provided many moments of enjoyment. And some were not too pleasant. It was a delight to feed Nellie, the mare, a few ears of corn, to carry corn fodder to Bossy, the cow, or to scatter grain for ...
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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 |