Message From the Stream: Go With the Flow

In "My Wheelchair View', the author recollects several anecdotes relating to her family. She breaks up the stories by theme, and many stories about the same person or group of people are often placed together. While many of the stories are humorous, some of them are quite serious, such as the ones relating what it was like to be restricted to a wheelchair at the age of sixteen. This piece is made up of several stories, recollections, and vignettes as told through the eyes of the author. This piece might appeal to individuals who are interested in autobiographical nonfiction, particularly memoirs.

My Wheelchair View Janice Hobbs Towns is a mother of two and wife of Lawrence E. Towns who died December 13, 2008. She became disable at the of 15, while going site seeing with her cousin Earlean Leonard, not knowing that one day would change her life forever. She was burned on 80% of her body and her cousin died.