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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1897785" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p>I hope that you can find some way around the problem. </p><p>My first thought was if you might find a job where you can work from home for at least some of the time - my daughter and son in law were in America for some years, but have returned to England and kept the same jobs as they can do the work and interact with colleagues using the internet.</p><p>How capable is your mother? </p><p>At one of the shops not far from me there is a son and mum team, she looks after the till and he does everything else around the shop. She needs a wheelchair to get about, but she seems to enjoy chatting with the customers.</p><p>My daughter in law can't get about much but she is making things to sell - started trying out ideas on school friends of the offspring and is now building up a reputation and getting orders from far and wide. There are on line places to sell crafts if you have any talent in that direction.</p><p>I just remembered a couple I knew decades ago - they worked at the same place and it closed down - they were in danger of loosing their home, but I taught them how to make simple knitted hats using a knitting machine. They made up their own designs and were willing to take orders for schools or sports teams in the proper colours, or make images - the local pony club had horses heads in the right colours to match the mounts of each individual. You can't get that sort of personalization very easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1897785, member: 355878"] Welcome to the forum. I hope that you can find some way around the problem. My first thought was if you might find a job where you can work from home for at least some of the time - my daughter and son in law were in America for some years, but have returned to England and kept the same jobs as they can do the work and interact with colleagues using the internet. How capable is your mother? At one of the shops not far from me there is a son and mum team, she looks after the till and he does everything else around the shop. She needs a wheelchair to get about, but she seems to enjoy chatting with the customers. My daughter in law can't get about much but she is making things to sell - started trying out ideas on school friends of the offspring and is now building up a reputation and getting orders from far and wide. There are on line places to sell crafts if you have any talent in that direction. I just remembered a couple I knew decades ago - they worked at the same place and it closed down - they were in danger of loosing their home, but I taught them how to make simple knitted hats using a knitting machine. They made up their own designs and were willing to take orders for schools or sports teams in the proper colours, or make images - the local pony club had horses heads in the right colours to match the mounts of each individual. You can't get that sort of personalization very easily. [/QUOTE]
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