Despite having an arm and a leg paralysed following a brutal attack 28 years ago, I owned an antique shop in Malvern UK as well as sold at many top antique fairs there including Newark and Ardingly. However, the strain of 15 years of unloading furniture, silver and china and setting up 6 tables full of goodies proved too much of a strain for my working side.
I therefore retrained in computing, but whilst doing this discovered that many severely disabled people could benefit from my help. Their disabilities included being wheelchair users, inability to speak, hear, see, use their arms etc yet having great minds and personalities.
I obtained a lottery grant to pay my expenses and spent 2 years teaching them to become more inclusive through the use of computers. This, however, left me financially unstable, so I decided it was time for me again, hence back to antiques, but this time with less physical strain!
Thus ebay. We shall be looking for unusual and good quality antiques and collectibles as well as scouring the local auctions and estate sales. I do all the packing despite my disability and am proud of the fact that the most common feedback comment is "Very well packed"!
Ginger and I were married in Crawfordsville on July 10th 2003 and I obtained a permanent resident visa in February 2005.
Ginger is a quietly (unlike me!) talented woman. She was a teacher for 15 years at a post secondary private school teaching world geography and airline reservation computer systems. She is also a five times published author of text books for the travel industry. Perhaps her greatest accomplishment, however is putting up with me after a hard day's work!
Ginger now has her own ID and is selling! At this rate I'll soon be out of a job!
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