This is fun--whether interpreted as an account of living with PD or as
(what I suspect was the intent at I.U.) a political statement!
But, DO enjoy those "roses" :-)
Pat wrote
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> 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").
Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH
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