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My Mom took Leia for a walk last night and she talked to a couple who lives down the street. I have never talk to them but what she said kind of startled me. I’m not even sure if that’s the word but it befuddled me astounded me I’m not sure. That’s why my blog post title is what it is. What my Mom told me last night reminded me of a story that I was told eight years ago:

Eight years ago, my cousin graduated from high school. I had to text her to find out how old she is to know how old the story was. She is 26 so eight years ago, I was still driving. She was having her graduation party at her house and my Mom and I were going to drive together to go to it. My Mom called my aunt in advance and asked her to leave the driveway open because that’s easiest for me to get to their backyard.

My Mom had told me about my aunt’s nephew telling her about a woman who gets out of her house every morning who is in a wheelchair and puts her wheelchair on top of her car and drives to work. She would say that woman every morning when he was stopped at the stoplight to go to work himself. He told my aunt that this woman could easily get on disability but instead, goes to work every day.

it wasn’t until my car was in my aunts driveway that her nephew saw the car and told my aunt that, “This is the car!“ it was extremely warm and we did not stay at the party very long so I did not get to talk to this man but I thought about the story because the man my Mom spoke to yesterday had noticed me too. My Mom told the man where she lives but then corrected herself and said that her daughter lives there but she is staying with me. My mom told him that we are the house at the end of the street before the Ford building. He asked (for clarification), “Oh, The woman in the wheelchair who goes to work every morning?”

She smiled and agreed. I never once thought about the difficulty I had getting out of my house and getting into my car and driving to work. I was just doing what I had to do to take care of my son and myself. I guess I left an impression on people even though I haven’t worked in coming up on five years now.