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welcome back barb i have the stars and stripes in my window too alongside a maple leaf sometimes i think that tragedies happen specifically to remind us that we are all family janet At 16:26 2001/09/14 -0400, Barbara Patterson wrote: >First let me apologize for being less involved with the list for the >last little while....I am adjusting to my change in status from being >fully employed to being on 'disability'. It finally became too much to >try to continue working full time or even part time. Knowing that John >Cottingham is doing a stellar job of looking after the list-business >made my 'sabbatical' possible. Thank you, John, and I hope you continue >being such a valuable resource to us all. > >I hardly know what to say about the horrible events of this past week. >My eyes have been glued to CNN, CBC, Newsworld, ABC or whichever news >channel is on at the moment. I think for one thing that we have >over-used the superlatives in the English language. 'Horror, evil, >disgust, treachery, hatred, murder' somehow all seem too mild to >describe what happened. 'Heroism, courage, generosity, devotion' >somehow seem too mild to describe the responses to this tragedy. > >I watched Rev. Billy Graham stumble up the steps to the pulpit and then >heard his powerful words. First my tears were for what Parkinson's has >done to this wonderful person; his words showed me that his mind and his >heart and his soul have not been touched by pd. > >In the first few hours after the tragedy, there were messages of >sympathy to our US members from Canada, South Africa, Hungary, >Australia, etc. You are an amazing group. > >I have an American flag in my window. That says a lot from a descendent >of a United Empire Loyalist. I'm sure he would understand. > >God bless us all. > >Barb > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > 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/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn