"Now what does that do for you?" Lizzy asked.
"I can get up that step."
"Then what? How are you going to get where you want to go?"
"I'll pull my chair up the step," Edie replied.
"Okay, let me see you."
The doorway had a cabinet beside it and there was not enough room for Edie to pull the chair through the doorway. Now what? This is where she taught herself to hop on her knuckles to lift her body to move across the floor. And that's how she got around where the wheelchair wouldn't. Up and down steps, pinning hems for women's clothing, cleaning floors, even moving furniture. Oh, and gardening. She did a lot from sitting on the floor. Nothing stopped her.
Edie and Susan made up the bed/couch and they slept in the bedroom that night and from then on.
After a couple of weeks Lizzy went back home. Her leave from work was over. Edie and Susan knew what they had to do and they were introduced to some neighbors and the neighbors next door, you could bang on the wall to let them know you needed them. If they could hear you over their fighting.
"I can get up that step."
"Then what? How are you going to get where you want to go?"
"I'll pull my chair up the step," Edie replied.
"Okay, let me see you."
The doorway had a cabinet beside it and there was not enough room for Edie to pull the chair through the doorway. Now what? This is where she taught herself to hop on her knuckles to lift her body to move across the floor. And that's how she got around where the wheelchair wouldn't. Up and down steps, pinning hems for women's clothing, cleaning floors, even moving furniture. Oh, and gardening. She did a lot from sitting on the floor. Nothing stopped her.
Edie and Susan made up the bed/couch and they slept in the bedroom that night and from then on.
After a couple of weeks Lizzy went back home. Her leave from work was over. Edie and Susan knew what they had to do and they were introduced to some neighbors and the neighbors next door, you could bang on the wall to let them know you needed them. If they could hear you over their fighting.
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