As a casualty of the downturn in the economy, my wife and I find ourselves moving out of our home into a “pre-fabbed” home. That’s just a nice way to say trailer home. We’ve picked the place out and it’s in a very nice “neighborhood.” We’ll be moving in next week. But here’s the catch. It doesn’t have a wheelchair ramp for my power scooter.

With my knee so bad and my legs so weak, I can’t get up and down those stairs every day. So I need some help building a wheelchair ramp. Does anyone know where I might find plans to add a wheelchair ramp to a “pre-fabbed” home with a porch? Any help would be very greatly appreciated.

I don’t know about your part of the country, but it’s been a long cold icy winter where I live. It’s not that I can’t get out in my power scooter in the winter. But you know how it goes. It’s just that much harder and in some ways more risky when it comes to falls and such.

But this week the icy grip of winter is finally loosening. I can ride my scooter around the neighborhood, enjoying the fresh air and getting reacquainted with neighbors. It’s like I’m free again. Here’s to a long pleasant Spring.

For the last several months, I’ve been attending the local community college, pursuing my associates degree in marketing. The campus is quite accessible for me in my Jazzy power scooter. So it’s been no problem. Well, until just recently.

Due to some renovations, something has damaged the automatic doors to the building where most of my classes are held. But do you know that not one time has it been a problem. As I approach the doors, some other student always takes notice and holds a door open for me so I can drive my scooter through. I’m sure the doors will be fixed soon, but it has been a simple blessing—the kindness of strangers.