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re award WOW what a woman i am finally making some sense of who people are and how important they are to the site congratulations on you award but better still are all grand children arent they precious judy >From: Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Thank You >Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:26:27 -0400 > >To all our members: > >I thank you all very much for your support & good wishes last week (& >your advice...thank you for mentioning the slip..I nipped out & bought >one). This has certainly been a week to remember...Thursday, during the >day, the doorbell was kept busy by people delivering plants...Thursday >evening was unlike anything I've ever experienced! > >I couldn't believe it when they announced my name as winner in the >Communication section. All my surviving brothers & sisters & brothers- & >sisters-in-law were there & my husband and oldest daughter...there were 12 >of us at one table & the School of Nursing had the table next to us with >about 10 at that table. After receiving the award, the winners had to go >off to a separate room & get our photos taken....when I got my newspaper >from the front door Friday morning, there was my face, along with the >other six winners, right on the front page. I checked the Spectator's web >page but didn't see anything there. This has been quite the unexpected >deal...my hands have been shaking so much, people might have thought I had >Parkinson's! > >I now have two daughters in BC who were quite sad that they couldn't come >home for this...they sent me flowers (as did my son & daughter-in-law & >the School of Nursing) but what I didn't know was that they had emailed >the Status of Women committee and the woman who was announcing the winners >told us that Laura & Sharon had sent an email for her to read if I >won....I think my family went through a lot of Kleenex. I'm still getting >emails and phone calls from people I haven't seen or talked to in years. >It certainly has been quite an experience. I talked to my grandsons, >Isaac & Jesse, who said they were really proud of me and that I was their >"grandmother of the year"....buy stock in Kleenex!! btw, really IMPORTANT >news...I'm going to be a grandmother again in October...my son & >daughter-in-law are expecting a boy in October....my third grandson. I >can't believe how lucky I am. My older brother said last night that if >something as bad as having Parkinson's had to happen to me, at least >something good had come from it...he also gave me one of his prize-winning >wood carvings which I will treasure forever. > >Thank you all...as I thanked you when I received the award. > >Barb >============================================================================ >Barbara Patterson >[log in to unmask] >HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 > School of Nursing >============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com