Thanks to Craig Sap, lifeguard/peace office in the Angeles District/Malibu West Sector, my mother and I had the most memorable Mother’s Day I can ever remember. Craig met us at the handicapped parking space (wearing a smile that could light up the darkness) at the entrance to the Point Dume Reserve.
His department has two beach wheelchairs that are available to anyone who calls him at 457-1234. After my 90something mother got into this large, cartoon-like vehicular wheelchair (the yellow tires are enormous), I pushed her to the lookout at the base of the Point Dume Headlands for a spectacular view I’d always wished I could share with her and now, thanks to the State Department of Parks and Recreation — and Craig Sap — I was now able to provide her. Did she enjoy it? You bet! Did it make me enormously happy? You bet your bippy it did!
I hope your readers who are handicapped read this letter and avail themselves of the same wonderful experience my mother and I had on that glorious day.
Marlene Matlow