I’m in the slow process of retiring my 7 year old wheelchair. This is the seed of a much bigger blog post soon, but in the meantime here is the old chair at the autumn of its service.
my current soon to be retired wheelchair has travelled literally with me since 2003
Well done good and faithful servant.
This is a hard process for me and incredibly personal, but today as i floundered a bit in a way too big hire chair I’ve been forced to hire as an interim measure because Paulette can’t get me to the corner store,it sstruck me how personal we get with our mobility devices. Indeed part of disability awareness training is “don’t touch the back of wheelchairs as they are an extension of the individual using them.
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I am trying to imagine what it feels like to let go of this extension of yourself. I feel a sense of a ritual needed to acknowledge the blessings and discomforts it has brought into your life and to farewell it in an appropriate manner. Happy to help you prepare such a farewell!
love the new willowdove look!
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xx
Thanks it would be great.
Shedding one’s leaves, indeed! Hard to imagine what this decision, this parting must be like….xxx