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Caregivers | Last Active: Jul 23, 2021 | Replies (42)

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@deek15redpeppers

Your message is a great way to start my day..thanks! And it reminds me we need to talk to someone about a ramp into the house from the garage. Those 2 steps are hard for her.

Planning a good day sounds like a wonderful idea. Her grandsons are coming today and I get to go to the park with them! You have a good day too.

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Yeah I only had two steps also, but they were scarey. I was talking to my son on email one day, and I just said casually that I was going to call someone to get an estimate on a ramp. it was just a statement. By the end of the day I had many pictures sent to me by him. He had pulled up designs, and said that he would make me a ramp. By the end of the week I had designs sent to me by his engineers, and voila the ramp. His company plans intricate designs for heating, air conditioning and ventilating systems for huge hospitals, and large buildings all over the country. I didn't even know he could build a ramp. I had no idea. So funny. So yesterday a great big truck arrived, with a ramp built for a queen. Me. I was so amused. What a sweet thing from a boy with a single Mom, who went to a local college. After my divorce I had no job, no money, and a high school education. I discovered that I could go to college under the G. I. Bill. So I would cry all the way to my college classes, and rush home to get the kids off of the school bus. They were in elementary school. It was rough. I had a determination that somehow, someway I would get an education, and I became a social worker. I would educate my kids, they all three got a college degrees. So did I. I would do whatever it took to put orange juice, eggs and milk in the fridge, and bread on the table. That was my goal. So here I am an old lady with PMR, GCA, and failing eye site. But I will not give up easy. My husband just came into the room and said he's going outside to move some rocks. He's 85. Hysterically funny. Enjoy the grandkids. I just found you yesterday, so I don't know your back story. Tell me again what your situation is. There are so many messages, that I can't read them all, but I find one that pulls on me. Oh yeah during all of this I met my husband, my life partner.

Do you have a wheelchair so your spouse can go to the park, too?