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OPPORTUNITY
TO Serve
“ It Is Something I Can Do ”
I Can Do
by Marita Tedder
y mother, Florence personality in the Dallas area. He Having spent the past decade of my
Littauer, was hospitalized generously offered to provide a life as a remodeling contractor, I
Mmonths before her 90 private jet to transport my mother often see solutions to problems that
th
birthday. We had a big party from her home in Palm Springs, others don’t even know exist. Here
planned. Ultimately, after several California to Texas. I picked her up are two recent examples.
weeks in the hospital, she recovered at the airport. As I was assisting
enough to go home. With round- her out of my husband’s truck, she • I am active in the Lubbock
the-clock care, she grew stronger fainted in my arms. She couldn’t Women’s Club. The club president
every day but never came back to have made a commercial airline this year is petite. When she stands
her former baseline. We had the trip. But due to her brother’s ability at the lectern, she can barely see
birthday party. Friends and family to provide for her, she was here! over the top. I reached out to a
came from around the country to cabinetmaker I work with and
honor her. When I thanked Ron for his asked him if he could make a built-
generosity, he simply shrugged and in step for the lectern—something
Later that evening, after the party, said: “It’s something I can do.” stable that would fold out securely.
my siblings and the spouses He gave me a price, and I asked
gathered for a family meeting. We I loved that idea. I don’t have the my LWC friends to donate $10 each
concluded that it was unlikely that financial resources he had, but I do toward the improvement. After it
she’d ever be able to live on her own have skills, talents, and abilities. was installed and the club manager
again. It was determined that she thanked me, I shrugged and said,
would move to Lubbock to live with Since that time, I have embraced “It’s something I can do.”
us as soon as she was well enough the “It’s-something-I-can-do”
to travel. That move happened in attitude. I watch for those who need • I attend a growing church
just a matter of weeks because of something my unique skill set can whose restrooms were built
the kindness of her brother Ron help fix. to accommodate a smaller
Chapman—a well-known radio congregation. The ladies’ room
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