A Mark Smith story I'd like to share with everyone. I got a new chair in 2012 with a Quantum Edge bace and full air tires, which I love.
I asked the Q-list about how long the tires would last, how quickly I could get them replaced if I had a bad flat. That's when Mark and I started talking. First it was through emails, then we started talking on the phone. Mark answered my many questions, after all he worked for Quantum. Then one day I got a delivery of a very large box ... very heavy too. I hadn't ordered anything so I couldn't imagine what it was. Mark had sent me a set of brand new replacement tires for my chair! What a surprise! After I thanked him, I spoke to the receptionist at the company he worked out and asked her if she knew what Mark's favorite restaurant was. She did and gave me the number. I bought him a gift certificate for dinner for two. Mark called me to thank me and said that he took his girlfriend already and that they enjoyed the treat. Bobbie "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi > On Jun 20, 2017, at 2:23 AM, Ron M Pracht <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's shocking news. I wasn't aware mark smith had passed. He looked healthy. > > Quad 98 > > > On Monday, June 19, 2017 11:27 PM, DEBRA DEW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just wanted to share something with you that I was reading about another > quadriplegic named Mark Smith. He had a website called the wheelchair junkie > and it was his advice that told me what was the Cadillac of power chairs in > the nineteen nineties so I would know which one to buy. Mark would get > demonstration models of each power chair and use them for a while to figure > out which one was the best. I would never have known what to buy without his > advice and he was certainly right on. I just discovered he died at 40 years > old from cerebral palsy. I just wanted to show you a line from the website > that someone wrote… At the deceased’s request, no service will be held, as he > “has a better place to be that day” – presuming that The Pearly Gates is > wheelchair accessible, and Saint Peter lets him in. > > How wonderful that he knew he had a better place to be that day.. > > Debra Scruggs-Scruggs phalanx-dragon slayers -PRISONER OF HOPE ZECH. 9 > Formerly: Homeschooling mom of 9 and pvt. pilot > Currently: Quadrapeligic due to advanced MS and living in a nursing home > Phone: 561-588-4333 > SC student 20yrs > ROMANS 8:28 > B.I.B.L.E.-BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH > >
