My loss of balance required me to use the wheeled walker for a period of time. I had fallen on the road again recently when my center of gravity took the opportunity to shift substantially to the right of center and I have no righting reflex. I injured my hip and chest wall.The passersby in Chemainus rushed to my aid. They were caring and helped me to my feet. The nurses in my life say I am a high falling risk. I no longer have the control displayed by the broken field running halfback, to twist, shift, tilt and recover through a maze of defenders.
Joan drove to the market later and took my wheeled walker out and I went off to the liquor store. On my way back, approaching me from the opposite direction was a grizzled oldster I had never seen before on a rickety walker. We stopped to talk. Maybe commune! I had a sense in the air of the Brethren. There was nothing more than a familial salute but the underlying expression was tangible.
Maybe he will be sitting at the sidewalk cafe having a coffee and a smoke and I will find myself next to him and we will talk about broken field running in football, or sliding safely into home plate, or dipsidoodling between two tough defencemen and scoring a goal. I think that's something similar state Brethren might do.
Joan drove to the market later and took my wheeled walker out and I went off to the liquor store. On my way back, approaching me from the opposite direction was a grizzled oldster I had never seen before on a rickety walker. We stopped to talk. Maybe commune! I had a sense in the air of the Brethren. There was nothing more than a familial salute but the underlying expression was tangible.
Maybe he will be sitting at the sidewalk cafe having a coffee and a smoke and I will find myself next to him and we will talk about broken field running in football, or sliding safely into home plate, or dipsidoodling between two tough defencemen and scoring a goal. I think that's something similar state Brethren might do.
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