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Marvin Giles wrote: > > Have I done enough? > Some 36 years ago a child asked this question as, holding onto the wall, > he fought his way to breakfast. On arriving at the table he heard his > mother > say, "the chair is in your room, use it". > That day the choice was made for him and no answer was offered or given. > Today an adult faces the question again. > Tomorrow I go to be measured for a powered chair. Without knowing it, > some friends brought this question to mind. My wife, Kristen, sat through > a flood of tears as a frightened adult asked a small boy's questions. > Have I done everything I can to prevent needing this chair? > Have I tried every trick, used every solution? Has every room been > explored, > every weapon tested? Have I fought long enough, tried hard enough? > The frightened child wants an answer but the adult knows the answer can > only be found within himself. The truth is I may only get that answer when > God totals the score. Until then, this will do. I have done and I am > currently > doing everything I know to do to continue to do as much as I can for > as long as I can. Sounds like a declaration of war, even to me. Well, it > is. > It is a battle for independence begun by a child of ten and continued by an > adult of forty six. The difference between the child and the adult are > many. > But one I hold to are friends. The child was basically alone, I won't go > into > that. But I have friends. At home and work they offer love, support, and > encouragement. I have other friends as well, friends in Australia, Denmark, > Sweden, The United States, and, well everywhere! > I want to thank these friends from #Parkinsons, some of you got the edge > of a problem that's building for a while. But one of you caught Sunday > what was left after Kristen handled the worst of the tears. I thought I had > handle on it but the words just tumbled out. Thank you ever so much for > listening. > > I'll let you know the model and color as soon as I know them. > > Marvin Giles \ WerPuppyHang in there Marvin--we are all with you! Carol Gray texasd.roadrunner@[log in to unmask]