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Ginger – What was the hardest part about coming home?

Ginger – What was the hardest part about coming home?

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I spent, I spent quite a bit of time by myself, and had to figure out how was I going to do things, and I needed to learn a lot of patience, and be comfortable spending time alone. So, reading and listening to music became more important than they ha... Show More

I spent, I spent quite a bit of time by myself, and had to figure out how was I going to do things, and I needed to learn a lot of patience, and be comfortable spending time alone. So, reading and listening to music became more important than they had been. It was a lot of what I call downtime. And one of the things, because I had, the level of my injury compromised my hand and finger function, I would spend time with a handwriting book practicing handwriting. I’d say, “I can’t believe I’m doing this, I learned how to do this in first and second grade, and here I am like an infant starting all over again.”

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Ginger – What was the hardest part about coming home?

Ginger

Injured in 1984 at age 44, quadriplegic
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I spent, I spent quite a bit of time by myself, and had to figure out how was I going to do things, and I needed to learn a lot of patience, and be comfortable spending time alone. So, reading and listening to music became more important than they had been. It was a lot of what I call downtime. And one of the things, because I had, the level of my injury compromised my hand and finger function, I would spend time with a handwriting book practicing handwriting. I’d say, “I can’t believe I’m doing this, I learned how to do this in first and second grade, and here I am like an infant starting all over again.”

Ginger – What was the hardest part about coming home?
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