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       One chilly afternoon, two years ago, a friend called me and said that
she had just seen me tending a beautiful rosegarden on a TV show about
people with
Parkinson's............

        Alan Bonander resembled me, physicallly, enough for her to have called.


        Thank you, Alan, for  recognizing that Young Onset parkinson's
sufferers have their own special needs.

        Thank you, Alan, for your long and informative posts to our list, on
so many different topics.

        Thank you, Alan, for being a role model, so upbeat!!!!!!

        Thank you, Alan, for redefining what "Parkinson's" looks like.

        Most of all, thank you for your years of dedicated service to our
community across the globe.

        I did speak on the phone with him once about what the word "young"
means, being 46 myself, and in my 9th year of my journey with "Dopamine
Deficiency."


        I guess Young-at-Heart Alan Bonander is the way I will remember you.


                                     With love to all your family and friends,

                                     Ivan Suzman, 46/9,  Portland, Maine..
The blueberries are ripe and sweet, and the goldfinches beautiful and
graceful...