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second try: >To: [log in to unmask] >From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 20:08:20 -0400 >Subject: re lynda's journal hi all i just tried to post this to lynda mckenzie's journal at the plwp.org site but it didn't work. so i will post it here, knowing that she will see it eventually. -------------------------- hi and welcome back lynda! i loved reading your 'wedding tale'! something jumped out at me - "So why shouldn’t I be able to indulge myself once in awhile, if it is at all possible, and not be constantly reminded of PD? Does that mean I’m in denial? Most of the time I’m pretty much used to the strange looks I get from people when I’m having trouble walking. I’m sorely tempted to say “Why don’t you take a picture? It will last longer.” It seemed to work when I was a kid to stop someone from staring. .." the wedding footage of you being pdish is not 'constant' and as al says it is reality for now. that doesn't mean it will be reality tomorrow. none of us have a license for fortune-telling. your discomfort with seeing you as 'pd-ish' sounds to me like denial - it is a very sneaky phenomenon. without pd i would not have met you and other amazing parkies like you. i cannot look on pd as a curse to me. it is just pd and my hand as dealt at the moment. you never know, in a few years you may look back on your son's wedding footage and regret 'editing' it out of discomfort now. everything that happens to us happens for a reason. we just have to figure out what the heck the reason is. that's where the work and the learning is to be found. and that is why we are here. janet [log in to unmask] -------------------------- janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky . pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] . smail: 375 Country Street, Apt 301, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 . a new voice: the nnnewsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janet313/ . a new voice: the wwweb site: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn