the crew

Pete, the gas guy, goes off island to pick up his gas truck and get more gas.

John, the heroic roofer, is kept busy by the family.

 It takes a while to gather a group of people to take care of things you cannot. And once you finally have, they start getting older (just like me) and you have to switch them out to keep going. Some, like Peter, the gas guy, are training up the next generation. But will they know how to light the pilots on a Chambers stove? Or how to wiggle the switch on the propane fireplace? Will they want to put on foul weather gear to climb around steep roofs? Or know how to shingle? Where's the tricksy outdoor shower or the shutoff valve in the ground? But the real issue is trust. These people have access to my life in the most basic way, and I to theirs. That trust takes years in the building.

John Henry, with his sister (left),  is incapacitated due to ALS. He can't lift his arms.