Wheels of Opportunity

Christmas Decorations as seen from the food hall

It has been a while since Merv has spent a couple of hours shopping with me.  Lately we visit one or two shops at the shopping centre before heading home.  I am thrilled to report that has all changed.  We took the wheelchair and headed for the Galleria, the largest shopping centre nearest to home.  We spent time at the food hall delighting in morning tea before heading off  for some serious shopping!  We admired the golden Christmas decorations throughout the centre.  We visited Myer and looked at the new decorations.  We laughed and pulled faces at the latest singing, dancing and flashing Christmas gismos.  We took serious steps from one end of the centre to the other,  stopping to look at shop windows and advertisements.  We went up in the Myer lift and down in the lift next to the Body Shop.  We found ourselves searching for milk and other staple items in Woolworths.  It wasn't long before the crowds thickened and it was difficult to manoeuvre the wheelchair without toddlers and little people persisting in blocking our passage. Time to retreat homeward.  We returned home tired and elated.  This wonderful set of wheels  is giving us opportunity to shop and be part of our community together, not apart.