you are friend, father, mentor and inspiration to me. but it is also very apparent that nothing we do now, will ever be able to find that elusive cure for us. any advances that we make and any progress that we achieve cannot be thought of as being helpful to ourselves because if they found a "cure" today, it would take at least 10 years to trickle down to you or me, think of all the testing and trials that would cause! but the reason that i get up each morning and continue this, at times, seemingly hopeless banging of my head against a brick wall is for my two beautiful children and for future generations. and you continue to inspire and to show us how to live our lives everytime i send out a copy of our book. so please don't get upset or discouraged and sit back and enjoy the love that surrounds you, with Vivian and the rest of your family. you have _so_ earned it...with all of my love, j ps: many thanks to ray & nancy degrazia for the kind words about my writings. and nancy, welcome back to the listserv!! -- Joan Blessington Snyder 54/14 [log in to unmask] http://www.pwnkle.com/jes/jes_web/index.htm “Hang tough……..no way through it but to do it.” Chris in the Morning Northern Exposure ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn