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IVAN, I'M REPLYING OFF LIST SO THIS IS PRIVATE, AND TYPING IN CAPS TO MAKE FINDING COMMENTS EASIER, BOB -----Original Message----- From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:35 PM Subject: Guess Who Called Me? part 2 >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. >GOOD THINGS DO HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE! > 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. >SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE TO GET HELP FOR PWP'S >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 >THAT IS GREAT NEWS - I'M NOT BIG ON ORGANIZED RELIGION, BUT I AM RELIGIOUS, AND I BELIEVE FAITH CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING I'm glad to hear from you, and to know you are doing ok, bob