Newlyweds with cerebral palsy seek help retrofitting Ontario home
ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) -- A newlywed couple with cerebral palsy is asking for the public's help in retrofitting their inherited one-story home off East Mission Boulevard in Ontario.
Marie and Brian Woodard want to spend the rest of their lives together in a home of their own, but they face a serious challenge.
"I want to be able to say, 'Honey, this is our home,'" Marie said.
Her parents willed her her childhood home, but renovating the house, which was built in 1955, is a major task that is estimated to cost about $75,000.
"The plumbing, the electrical, all of this is just huge and it's way more than my husband and I can really imagine to handle," said Charlene Woodard, Brian's mother. "We're hoping with any kind of support that we get that we can really make this a happy home for them because they deserve it."
Family and friends have helped gut the home and are slowly doing what they can. They've set up a GoFundMe account to help the newlyweds start their life together.
Brian's family says their dream is to have the home finished by Christmas, but without help they don't know when or if it will ever happen.
The Woodards may be disabled, but they are determined to live like any other newlywed couple.
"I'm very independent and I want to do things for me and now my husband, and have what everybody else has and probably takes for granted," Marie said.
"I've always dreamed of having a wife to be with me and to take care of me and to love me as I do her," Brian said.
You can donate here: http://www.gofundme.com/brianandmarie.
