I have one of those squeeze-bulb horns on my power wheelchair, not to demand the right of way, but because the kids get a kick out of it. Kids will stare when I drive by, so I squeak the horn at them They almost always smile and wave. Sometimes they will talk to me.

Once I was going through a residential area where there is a lot of kids. There were several adults sitting under a tree in lawn chairs and kids playing all about. The kids were looking so I squeezed the bulb. The kids smiled and one little boy, about four years old, said, �Hi, mister.�

I stopped and said hello. Several kids came out to me and stood around (and me without any Life Savers!) I asked the boy, �Would you like to have a wheelchair like this?� He shook his head yes. �What if you could not walk and had to go everywhere in one of these?�

�My big sister does,� he said. �She never did walk �cause her legs don�t work.�

I looked over at the adults and a man got up and came over. �Our oldest daughter has MD,� he said. �She is nine now and stays in the hospital.� He motioned toward the boy and said, �He never forgets his sister.�

All I could say was, �I pray God will bless you and yours, Sir,� and went down the street without looking back. I did not want them to see an old man cry...
- - - Tom Nance -- --

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