Hi Jane & Janet; Let me add my pat on the back as well. > > jane wrote: > >I think we should take time out to say > >thank you to all the wonderful people > >that are taking time out of their lives to go > >to Washington DC for all of us that can't. > janet wrote: > hear, hear!! > > these determined and generous and pesky people > deserve all the kudos we can drum up! > > who all is going to the fifth annual Parkinson Action Network forum? > > i don't know all of their names > but here's my tiny start at a roll call of honour: > > joan samuelson > michael claeys > jim cordy > mary yost > art hirsch > ivan suzman > barb schirloff > perry cohen > barb brock > maryhelen davila > ....? We can't possibly recall them all in an instant Janet, but let me add Margaret Tuchman Helen Mason William Heitman Robert Dolezal Ken Aidekman Dale Severance Kees Paap ......? > i truly believe that the 'results' don't matter in the long run > > but any effort made from the heart > is always heard > > and the dynamics of working together > will produce unforeseen > blessings > > > my admiration to all of the 'pan handlers'! > > janet > > I couldn't possibly add to Janet's elloquence so let me simply endorse it! I have my fingers crossed for all of you Parkinsonian Ambassadors at Large, aka my PALs in Washington!! ( Can you imagine the impact Kees will have, 10 gallon Texas hat, leather vest, John Wayne 6 guns, leather chaps, and big silver spurs trailing from his wooden shoes................... ) Go get 'em!!!!!!!!!! My heart is with you......Murray [log in to unmask]