Today's OneWord: Staircase

I stayed on the first floor while my family went up to my grandfather's office. This was because I could not go up the staircase on my own, and there were no wheelchair accessible ramps or elevators to take me to the second story. My brother had offered to carry me, but I laughed and shook my head.

"You go say hi," I told him, "and just meet me down in the lobby."

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