A beautiful story, Joan. A golden memory. Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: "Joan Anglin" <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> > Date: November 7, 2014 at 7:44:33 PM EST > To: "'Gmail'" <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com>, <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Going home > > I had had to spend Christmas in Santa Clara rehab and when I came home in > February I was thrilled to see that they had left the Christmas lights up on > my house and around the barn as well as a Christmas tree on top of the > house. Three days later we had a good snowstorm, about 10 inches, and I was > downstairs when my husband came and said you have to come upstairs and look > at the barn. We didn't have a lift from floor to floor, so he put me in my > Manual chair, leaned it back and bumped me up the stairs. When he pushed me > over to the window he stopped abruptly, and I just went sliding out onto the > floor. He called to my daughter to come and help him, she came and looked > around, slid me over to my overhead lift and said there you go Dad and went > back to bed. However, it was well worth everything because all of the light > bulbs on the tree were covered with snow and it looked magical, with the > colored lights reflecting off of the roof. It was a great homecoming. Joan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gmail [mailto:bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:06 PM > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: [QUAD-L] Going home > > What was the most outstanding thing you guys remember from when you got home > after being in the hospital the rehab immeditly after your accident? > The smells of MANY different things is what I remember most, instead of > antiseptic cleaning Solutions. Next thing was the narrow doorways, unlike > those in hospitals and rehab. Next was the phone. When I was injured in 1973 > we still had rotary phones, I learned in rehab how to dial a rotary phone. > Bobbie > > Smile Everyday >
