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Jennifer- GOOD MORNING< EARLY BIRD > My ex-wife is a wonderful artist - r u 2 ?? love u! Call me a 207-797-8488 anytime you need to talk. :-) IVAN On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 05:40:19 -0500 Jennifer Smith <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Dear Ivan, >I know I am a newcomer to parkinsons and tothe list but I just wanted >to tell >you how deep my admiration for you and your efforts is. You inspire >me to >keep going many times when I feel like just giving up, which has been >a >frequent occurence. When I read about you activities and your >constant >vigilance, it overwhelms me, often to tears. I havent been writing >much >since I seem to have lost a great deal of interest, enthusiasm and >sense of >humor which are the things that mostly shield me from dispair. Thank >you. >Jennifer > >Ivan M Suzman wrote: > >> Dear Listfriends (including the "Parkinsawians" of northern >Michigan): >> >> I'm pretty sure you know what the answer is - Archbishop Desmond >Tutu. >> >> At 4:49 today, the Archbishop called me, the second time he has done >so. >> I feel he seems to be puzzling over exactly with which words his >prayer >> for us will come forth into being. >> >> He is deeply concerned about us. It is a humbling and hopeful >> experience to receive a call like his. >> >> I told him how grateful so many of us are to him. I am sure he is >fully >> aware that World Parkinson's Day is coming up SOON. I do recall >that his >> secretary, Jaqueline, once mentioned to me that he will do >everything >> possible to have the prayer ready by then, She added, however, that >there >> is a bit of a chance it would be ready a little later in April, >after >> the 11th. >> >> To me, just the knowledge that, for whatever reason, I was >apparently in >> the right place at the right moment , and that, by some miracle, >we >> have kindled a little fire in the Archbishop, is just awesome. >> >> I have had it on my mind to write the List much earlier this >evening, >> and would ask you to forgive me, please, for not writing until now. >I am >> less than a day back home after travelling to Augusta to testify >about >> the wages of personal care attendants. There is now a huge effort >to >> bring about a raise from $6.25 per hour to $8 or $9 per hour It is >an >> effort 600 of us in wheelchairs or with limits on mobility, are >involved >> in at the legislature. I am still a little overtired. >> >> I will send a copy of this to Jaqueline Smith, the Archbishop's >secretary >> in Atlanta who incidentally, has a law degree. >> >> The Archbishop somehow made me feel very protecteded. >> >> I actually talked to an Episcopal priest recommended to me by an >> Episcopalian frien ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************