Thursday, April 7, 2011
Getting a move on!
Well it has been a while since my last post. The weather and all its glory has been my bain of my existance. Bunch of pain in March but hopefully the worst is gone. On top of all that stress, we are looking to move. We are at a place in our lives that we either sink a fortune in our house for handicap issues or find one that is better suited to these additions. Let me tell you one thing, and this goes for builders of all generations, houses are not built for the wheelchair bound. They are not built for large people.I happen to be both. Although I have lost about 45-50 lbs, I will always be broad shouldered and when I stand I am 6'2" tall. So a little man I ain't. The bedrooms and baths are the main issue I have. Why make a bathroom door 28 inches wide. Heck I am more that 28 inches wide with out the wheelchair. They make halls narrow. Closet doors are too narrow. The list goes on. so to all you builders out there, 36 inch doors usually don't cost more that 32 inch ones. If the cost is higher I and many others will pay the miniscule difference. Open up the home people. You may not see the need being that you walk but hey everyone ages and you might need a wheelchair later. And if we build , well there is another stressor. To find a rent house to live in while you are building--- that I can get around is next top impossible too. I could go on and on. But I won't. I have been watching my son get shafted in a job that he loves. The thing about this that is good is that He is learning lessons about people at an early age. Some of the things he has learned I did not realize until I was married and depended on my income. I have been impressed with his work habit, his willingness to put all of himself in something he enjoys, his willingness to learn, and his over all attitude about work. I have one less worry about him. He will be OK in this hard world. My daughter has made strides in her life too. She is growing up fast too. She has learned with a little work that school can be easier and that grades are so important. She has chosen sports to play and excelled even though she has never played them. She is going to a great athelete. I can already see that. She has also opened her life up more to Christ and his teachings. To see that in your child's life is so gratifying. Because you know above all else that she is sheltered under God and will walk with Him when the time comes. My wife and I are under extreme stress with all the house situation, workers comp issues for me (income in the future) and her Mother being diagnosed with cancer in her lungs. This is quite a hard puzzle for us. Those of you who know us, know that score. She is caught between the past and what is inevidably going to happen. So pray for her if you will. I have run out of time today. I guess we are just livin' life. Ups and downs, lefts and rights, He never promised it would not be a bumpy ride.
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