Meet Patrice Jetter, a beloved school crossing guard in her New Jersey town. She carries herself with uncommon optimism | dG1fem9QaTVfdVRwRm8
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00:00Hi, my name is Patrice.
00:02I am a totally cool person with a disability who could do most anything.
00:12Patrice always sees the best side of life.
00:16Patrice is a big magnet for people.
00:19If it can be done, she will do it.
00:23I really love Gary. He's everything.
00:27He just looked at her and I said,
00:29Would you like to be my wife?
00:32If you get married and you're collecting a social security benefit,
00:35your benefit will be cut.
00:37We have to have it.
00:38We'd never be able to pay for the bills.
00:42I don't take anything for granted.
00:46To us.
00:47To us.
00:48You're a part-time love friend,
00:50full-time friend.
00:51The monkey on your back is the latest trend.
00:55I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else.
00:59People think people with disabilities have no value.
01:02You need to tell your story and people can listen and say,
01:05This is why benefits are extremely important.
01:08I don't see what anyone can see.
01:10I want to get married.
01:11I want to be able to live in the same house as my spouse.
01:16They can stop us from getting married.
01:18They can stop us from living together.
01:20But they're never going to stop us from loving each other.
01:23This war needs to change.
01:25And we're going to do what we have to do to make this happen.
01:31Patrice is good at making dreams come true.
01:38Who wants to get married?
01:44You're something else, you know that?
01:46Yeah.