"The Little Red Scooter"

During the last year Martha's mobility got so bad that she could not go up or down stairs. I bought a red aluminum wheelchair, referred to as a transfer chair. It had 8 inch wheels on the front and back and weighed only 15 lbs. The scooter was ideal, since it would fold up so you could carry it like a small suitcase.

I NEVER referred to it as a wheelchair. When talking to Martha about it I called it her "Red Scooter".

I would ask her if she would like to take a ride in her red scooter; she would smile, which meant yes! When she rode in her red scooter she always had a relaxed and pleasant expression on her face, which told me she really liked it. This was because I did not refer to it as a wheelchair.

You know, "That Old Blind Hog has to find an acorn once in a while!"