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Dear Joan, In lieu of sending a box of kleenex I will tell you that indeed it does a lot of good for you "to get up each morning and put on a positive attitude and come in here, sit at the computer and start to work the phones, hoping against hope that i can help to stop this." You have no idea how you have touched me and I'm sure countless others with your messages of hope and tireless efforts on behalf of PWPs everywhere. I don't have Parkinson's but my dearest friend does and I have often printed out your messages for her to read to give her hope. You have encouraged her many times without even meeting her! I can't feel your pain but I can surely see it in my friend. It is depressing for the caregiver but I know that is so weak compared to the level a PWP can sink. My point is, you have and will continue to have a very important role in our handling of, fighting and enduring this dreaded affliction. I thank you and I know others will too for the hope you provide. Keep up the good fight! God bless you, Joan. Cathy James Indianapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan E Snyder <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:32 am Subject: Re: Joe Bruman, Bruce Anderson and countless others... > i have been trying to get this right for several days now, but > everytime, i start to write about the deaths of two such important men > who both helped me so very much in the very early days of my > participation on this list, i can't stop the tears. i feel so helpless > and at times i wonder what good it does me to get up each morning and > put on a positive attitude and come in here, sit at the computer and > start to work the phones, hoping against hope that i can help to stop > this. there is a cartoon making the rounds and as i cannot send > it as > an attatchment, i will describe it for you. in this cartoon a man > identified only as a Parkinson's Patient is sitting in a waiting room > reading a newspaper. the door, marked Therapeutic Cloning Debate, is > opened by a man who says: "We resolved the sanctity of life question. > You didn't make the cut." at the bottom of the page is a doodle that > says "you did recieve an honorable mention." well, honorable mention > isn't good enough or timely enough for joe and bruce and so many > otherswho have gone before us. i need to feel that i am empowered > again rather > than this helplessness that is weighing down my soul. meanwhile, i > needa box of kleenex and some meds. joan > > -- > Joan E. Blessington Snyder 51/13 > http://www.pwnkle.com/jes/jes_web/index.htm > <[log in to unmask]> > "Hang tough...........no way through it but to do it." > Chris-in-the-Morning (Northern Exposure) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn