Jeez!

Our son has a baseball tournament in Hood River this weekend.  Today was day one.

The games are being played at Hood River Valley High School.  Other than having to maneuver Jodie's powerchair and my scooter (with a weak battery) over a bunch of grass to get to the jv field, accessibility was not bad.

After the game, we stopped at Shari's Restaurant to eat and, well, Jodie and I don't do outhouses.

Jodie went into the restroom.  The handicapped stall was not large enough to accommodate her powerchair.  She parked it outside the stall and went in to do her business.

As Jodie was making her way back to her powerchair, a lady came into the restroom and was mad because Jodie's power chair was blocking the other stall.

"Jeez!" the woman said, very upset.

Jodie hurried as best she could.  She was not able to wash her hands an that really bothered her.  We are going to get hand sanitizer for her to pack on her wheelchair.

Disability is inconvenience...there is no question about that.  We work hard to make sure that it inconveniences us only and not other people.  Sometimes we cannot pull that off.

If we were to stay home and go nowhere, we probably could pull it off.  God has blessed us with a rich life filled with many gifts that does not give us that option.

Next time we are in your way, blame God.