At 09:32 PM 2/12/98 -0600, you wrote: >Hi listfriends, > >I'm very pleased to inform you about a big change in the life of two of >your listmembers. What is the big change and who are those two and what >does it have to do with Parkinson's? Why is this non-pd info on the list? >All questions on which the patient reader will get an answer. And patients >are we all so we have learned to be patient, because you have to be patient >when you are waiting as a patient in the waiting room of the neurologist >till he yells :"next patient". > >Okay, here I go with my explanation. The first listmember is Faye Armstrong >and the second one is me. Faye is a general surgeon and knows some about >Parkinson's and became a member of this list, because a friend of hers has >Parkinson's. Well, that friend is me, Kees Paap from Holland. We met when >she was on holidays in Holland and as we met, we fell in love. So much in >love, we call that "love at first sight", that we can't live without each >other. > >I told Faye about my PD and she knows exctly what it is but her answer was >that health is not important if one loves somebody, even if a severe >disease as PD is involved. Yesterday she said to me (when I was very off) >"I love you, Kees Paap whether you have PD or not, are on or off, because >inside you is the man I love", and she helped me button my sleeves for a >dinner special organized for organ donation awareness. > >The fact that I'm 12 years older doesn't effect her love for me. Well I >think that somebody who says such things about the person whom she loves >very much, must be very much in love with that person. And Faye is very >much in love with me and I'm very much in love with her. > >I love Faye very much and I want to be with her day and night. So I asked >her to marry me and she said yes. We can't send everyone an invitation by >snail mail that's why we do it in this way. Here is the text of the card >which is folded in three pieces. There are beautiful flowers on it. > >side 1 : > Faye > and > Kees > > February 21, 1998 > >side 2 : > >Kees asked Faye to marry him, and she said "Yes!" > Since then, their love has grown deeper, so > He will ask her again on > Saturday, February 21, 1998 > > Faye Armstrong and Kees Paap > together with her parents > Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Armstrong > Invite you to join them to hear the answer > and celebrate their wedding > at Robinson Church of Christ > 428 Chado Lane, Robinson, Texas. > 6.30 in the evening. > > Reception following in the fellowship hall. > > >side 3 : > > When the doors of the arrival hall closed, > you opened the door to my heart. > And the earth seemed to have stopped turning, > to me, eternity started at that moment. > At that instant, words didn't exist, > I needed a thousand words to decribe, > My mind only thought in superlatives. > Surround me with your sunny universe, > embrace me with your ocean, > give me air to breathe > and I will be yours forever. > no cloud, storm or pollution will seperate us, > and God will smiles as He sees His children, > Loving each other like he wants all people to do. > > >Please see this as a sincere invitation. If you desire to come, please >phone or email us and we will give you directions to the church and >information about an inexpensive hotel-accomodation. > >Faye Armstrong and >Kees Paap > > >P.S. Phone nr. 254 751 7619 > Hi Faye and Kees!!!!! Congratulations and best wishes for many years of wedded bliss. Bill & Jackie Butch Jacksonville, Fla.