Ilja

By Ilja

A clothing detail for Tiny Tuesday

This weeks Tag is TT450. I am looking forward to all clothing details. I hope to have the results Thursday or Friday.

E and I are leaving for the big chess tournament on Thursday. E and his friend S have been looking forward to it for almost a year. A stay of seventeen days (!!!) means a lot of packing, especially with all the medical supplies that need to be taken with us. The stay itself will be a bit like camping, but indoors: we have our own bedroom and bathroom, but we have to share the mega-sized kitchen and other rooms with about 60 other chess players. And...no high-low bed or other aids to make care easier. So that will be hard work for me, a lot of lifting, but I will be able to do it in those 17 days. This time it is such a special tournament for them that I am totally committed to it!

In the extras a photo of E at this tournament a year ago. He played in his manuel wheelchair then, for the last time. His muscle disease is progressive (getting worse) and he can't sit in this wheelchair anymore. He now only drives his power wheelchair. He also can't move the chessieces on the board by himself anymore. But the chessworld is wonderful: E tells his opponent the move he wants to play and the opponent is moving the piece for him.

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