Today we met Glenda and her husband Darrell. What a simple sentence that is. What an inspiration! The laughing face that shines out from her weblog is everything in reality and more. An indomitable woman; the title alone of her book "I'll do it myself" (buy it - they should make a film of it) speaks volumes about her. And beside her, what a wonderfully kind, sensitive and supportive man is her husband Darrell. Meeting them has been a privilege that would make the whole tour worthwhile, if only to reinforce the conviction that 'things can be done'.
We talked of many things. Most must wait to find a place in my Winston Churchill report. But two are worth a quick mention here: Paces working with Glenda to do a Sheffield stop on her virtual world book tour in the autumn, so Paces' People can meet her - and Darrell too; and of PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network) one Canadian answer to the question nearly all parents of a disabled child ask, "What happens when I drop of the tree?" I shall explore further, later.
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