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Earl
Written by jim on Saturday, March 3, 2007
There was a boy in my neighborhood that was paraplegic from polio. He was probably 3 years older than me and didn’t go to our public school. One summer we played wiffle ball in the street every afternoon. The kid, (Earl was his name) would play too.
He was all-time catcher and he’d hit, but a kid would run the bases for him, and that was my job being that I was youngest. Earl would get to the game in either his wheelchair or another kid would pull him over in a wagon. He always wore jeans and just his socks because he sat on the concrete to play. He’d "scooch" around on his seat with his hands. For school, I’d see him get on a special bus and he’d wear full leg braces and use forearm crutches. His shoes were attached to his braces and they hindered his squatting so thats why he wore just socks. I’ll never forget it and have lived a long time with the memory. And I believe its why when I go out in my wheelchair I wear just socks and love women in wheelchairs and socks.
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