I WOKE UP AND REALIZED MY WHEELCHAIR WAS GONE — AND WHAT I FOUND AFTER MAKING MY WAY TO THE GARAGE LEFT ME COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS.

it has been the hardest thing.

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That morning, I woke up around 9:00 a.m. My body ached from another restless night, and I instinctively reached out to the side of the bed where my wheelchair always was.

My hand hit nothing.

At first, I figured I must have bumped it out of place in my sleep. But when I leaned over the edge of the mattress and looked down, my stomach dropped. It wasn’t there.

“Terry?” I called out, my voice already tight. “Terry, where’s my chair?”

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