Sunday, March 13, 2016

SOLSC Day 13: Glad & Sad


I think I had a burst of energy from the memorial, with all the people and relatives last weekend, and it ran out yesterday. Is that why I forgot about writing my Slice until it was too late?
            Here’s today’s. I’m walking home after shopping and pass a couple roughly our age, he in a wheelchair, she pushing, and she stops. She says, “I can’t push you when you do that.” He says, “But I have to.” As I pass them, I see that his wheelchair does not have foot rests. I remember that it’s hard to get into the wheelchair when foot rests are attached, even when the food pads are flipped aside. I wonder if she’s complaining because he’s using his feet to “walk” along, because I remember that it’s hard to push slowly enough when the sitter does that — and it’s also hard for the sitter to hold his feet off the ground if the foot rests are gone. I wonder about their relationship and how long she's been having to push him in the wheelchair. I hope they have a flat entrance into their building and an elevator. I am relieved and sorry that Jack and I won’t have to face these problems.

2 comments:

  1. What an interesting moment to observe! It makes you wonder, as you did, what is really going on, what their relationship is like, how long they've navigated wheelchairs together. Life and people are so fascinating when you slow down long enough to watch and listen!

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  2. What an interesting moment to observe! It makes you wonder, as you did, what is really going on, what their relationship is like, how long they've navigated wheelchairs together. Life and people are so fascinating when you slow down long enough to watch and listen!

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