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billie what a timely reminder to look beyond self and appreciate each other wherever we are in the journey judy >From: Billie Cook <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Food for Thought >Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:13:35 -0500 > > I tho't this was good, it's from Chicken Soup for the Soul: >My New Set of Wheels > There you stand, and I see you stare > Thinking, poor dear, she's stuck in that chair. But I'm not sad, >I'm very happy because > I haven't forgotten the way it was. > You'd say, "How about a trip to the zoo? A walk in the park will >be good for you." I was thinking tomorrow, I'll be a wreck, From my >aching feet, to the pain in my neck. > You'd want to go shopping, all over town. I was thinking but >there's no place to sit down. For you it's a snap, just to go to the >store. But for me the ordeal was more of a chore. > Now I can go wherever I please > I can shop in the mall with newfound ease, Do all the things that >have to be done, > And even go out and have some fun. > So, do you want to know how it really feels, To be sitting here >between these wheels? Can you remember back that far, > When you got your very first car? > Well, that's how these wheels feel to me. They don't hold me down, >they set me free. So, don't think all those pitiful things: These aren't >wheels, I think they're my wings. > By >Darlene Uggen ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com