both
what a wonderful and enlivening post
go stroke your souls
smell the fresh air and roses
grow together
we all deserve it and you are taking advantage of it
go
judy


>From: AnitaJo Page <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: PWP---Coping With Physical Limitations OR Life Goes On !
>Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:22:29 EDT
>
>      The Indiana University Memorial Union Building is a huge
>sprawling limestone building right in the center of the beautiful
>campus.    It is the largest building of its kind in the world.
>
>      I was at a meeting there and had some time to stroll around
>and look at the many paintings, sculptures, and displays.
>
>      In the center of one of the lobby areas there are several large
>supporting pillars.    On one of the pillars is a framed piece of
>paper (about 8" x 11") with some writing on it.
>
>      "Must be something pretty important to be put up here,"  I thought.
>
>      A little note said that Marshall Foch on a visit to Indiana
>University
>had written this message out for Dr. William Lowe Bryan, the
>president of I.U.
>
>      The message is in French.    The penmanship is poor.   I copied
>the message in all caps.    Sorry, my wife speaks and writes and
>reads French very well; I lived in France for several months and did
>not pick up half a dozen phrases.
>
>
>     MA  GAUCHE  PLIE,  MA  DROITE  RECULE,  ? ? ?  CONSIQUENCE
>
>J'ORDONNE  UNE  OFFENCE  ? ? ? ?  GENERALE,  ATTAQUE
>
>DECICISVE  PAR  LE  CENTRE.         J.  FOCH     4-11-21
>
>
>      Translation----
>
>      My left is giving way, my right is falling back; consequently I am
>
>ordering a general offensive, a decisive attack by the center.  F. Foch
>
>-----Message sent by Marshall Ferdinal Foch at the First Battle of
>the Marne, September 1914.
>
>      History buffs and military-oriented people understand the principle
>(rule) behind this thinking.
>
>      Here's how this thinking applies to me and Sugarlump (PWP)
>
>
>      MY KNEES ARE SORE AND WEAK AND THE ARTHRITIS IN
>
>THE NECK AND SHOULDERS IS MAKING MOVEMENT DIFFICULT;
>
>MY WIFE'S PARKINSONS DISEASE MAKES HER SLOW AND
>
>UNSTEADY AND FATIGUED.       CONSEQUENTLY,  WE ARE
>
>TAKING OFF ON WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE TRAIN TRIP
>
>THROUGH THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.           ---Pat & Anita
>
>
>      We are going to sit in a soft recliner and drink flavored coffee
>while gazing out the big train windows at the mountain peaks, the
>waterfalls, the lakes, the streams rushing through the green valleys,
>and the rocky outcroppings.
>
>      We've both worked our buns off since we were teenagers, paid
>all our taxes, raised our kids, contributed generously to our church
>and charities, and helped a lot of other relatives and some strangers.
>
>      Now we are going to smell some roses.
>
>      And we want other people to do the same thing.
>
>      See all you good people in September.    I love hearing from you
>(especially in the wee morning hours when I "wake up at the crack
>of my neck bones").

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