Ohh my. (speachless) <and no cracks like, "THAT'LL be the day!> (giggle) And Ernie's right - as I sit here in my wee office, with the rain causing the upstairs middle bedroom to decend into my downstairs family room, awaiting a call back from the insurance company, DESPITE that I'm blushing... AND along with the blush is a big ear-to-ear smile. And along with the blush, and the big smile, there's also some tears 'cause I'm deeply touched by the many messages posted here and the slew of email (please bear with me on this one, folks, 'cause I will get back to each and every one of ya) in response to my post about an issue that had been bottled inside me for a LONG time. (Uhhhhh... SOME of the tears might be because the ceiling's leaking badly in the 3rd day of a whopper of a rainstorm tho) <rueuful grin> Thank you for understanding, and for caring, and for sharing so much of yourselves here, because it's always YOU who give me the inspiration and impetus to write something and post it on the list. (Pssst) <whispering> And here I was thinking I was running into literary competition from "Ron Amos, for his unbelivable hyperbole and outrageous B/S." <grinning> Love to you .... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf of GLLJLL Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 1996 10:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: 1996 Parky Of The Year For her outstanding friendliness, sensitivity, gutsiness, and, most of all, sense of humor, I nominate ** BARB MALLUT ** for 1996 PARKY OF THE YEAR!