Stroke-Disabled Grandmother Seeks Beetle-Buying Grant

by Brenda Hennessy
(Northridge, CA, USA)

I don't really know how to write but I'll try. I know I have to find a job to buy my car but I can't.

You see, about eight years ago, I had a stroke. It didn't affect my body parts but it affected my brain.

It took away my learning abilities and everything that I had learned about to that point. I had to learn again how to talk and think.

My husband died seven years ago, and I depended on him. I have three children. One, age 37, is severely handicapped, and living near me.

The two boys are fine, living on their own and doing well. I don't want to depend on my kids because we had taught them to live on their own and stand on their own two feet.

When I get older, they will come into my life but I hope that I can do it on my own.

I want to buy a Volkswagen Beetle because I think of the old days. I don't want a new Beetle just one that I can call my own.

I eventually want to go back to school and learn something new. That would be hard because I don't retain that much because of the stroke.

I tried to get a job and did work for a while but my employer said I would forget what she had told me to do that day.

I never give up!! That's what I taught my children and grandchild.