Hilary wrote in part---
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> So I was devastated.
> And then i remembered, when all this harassment began, someone had offered
>help - someone had written me - "i am a lawyer in Northern Virginia, If i can
>be of any help...."And in desperation, I emailed him last night. Did i know
>him? no. But he is a member of the list family, and he opened his heart, and
>gave of his special knowledge, and G-d knows as i sit here weeping tears of
>gratitude over he keyboard, how thankful i am that this stranger, this friend,
>responded in an instant. A couple of phone calls and he had the social
>services departments buzzing. Unfortunately, the social worker had done oa
>very good job of closing Jessis files, and we had to reapply - but i didnt
>have to wait for an appointment, she also found .(the medicaid.sw) found a
>spoonsor to pay for this month's prescription till medicaid kicks in for
>jessi, and as a corollary i found out that my medicaid had been approved.
>Jed, unfortunately, was not so lucky . He turned 18 in May, so has to apply
>independently - he is only a part time student, but the sw assured me it
>was automaitic.
>Bu that the application had to go via the state attorney's office.
>
>But the credit goes to
> HARLAN WILLIAMS. , PWP EXTRAORDINAIRE!
So those were the phone calls that turned the tide and straightened out the
grand mess they had made of your life! My thanks also to Harlan, though I
also don't "know" him in person--it is indeed a wonderful example (like the
response to Bob and Dawana's accident,and so many other situations) of
what these lists (CARE included) are all about ! And we are glad for the
positive changes it means for you and your kids, Hilary.
Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
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"In all beginnings, endings lie enfolded,
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