Today at work I had one of those experiences in life that make you grateful for the little things. If you didnt know, i drive a garbage truck for a living and pick up residential neighborhoods. On Wednesdays my route is in Crown Point and one of the houses I pick up belongs to a middle aged paralyzed man that is restrained to a wheel chair. I have seen him multiple times outside but he has had a nurse with him to help with his daily needs. This morning when I got to his house he was outside and I immediately noticed something was out of the ordinary. First off he was by himself and secondly he was sitting in a slouched position and his feet were touching the ground. I dumped his trash and brought the can up to his garage and asked him how he was doing and he replied that he couldnt get himself to sit up correctly. I took my gloves off and asked how I could help, after a minute or two of adjusting I was able to get him sitting correctly. He then thanked me for helping him and told me that his name is Steve and I told him my name. We talked for a couple minutes and he told me about the things he needs help with to live a semi normal life. After parting ways with Steve I couldnt stop thinking about how easily we take things for granted and how lucky we are to be able to do the things we can.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:18:37 +0000