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hi all At 13:20 1999/10/11 -0500, hilary wrote: >Hey Don, >FIrst let me remind you what i've told you before- when >it comes to PD you are my hero!... ditto and ditto again >Now let me tell you two things that happened to me on the list >this week >1. I found myself in one of those silly exchanges about the word >"crazy' which ended up in barb mallut inviting herself for dinner >and other silly things, and i thought "what fun".. Then I thought, >oh dear, that shouldnt have been on the list, and then i thought, >well if nobody else says anything, neither will i, and i kept quiet, >but i was sorry.... i actually felt pain when i read these words and i feel helpless about it i care very much about this group and the dynamics that happen here that caring has nothing to do with 'elf-ness' or 'mom-ness' it's got everything to do with our days and weeks and months and years of learning and leaning together i think the 'silly' energy that grows around some of our exchanges is just as nourishing and just as much 'supportive' as a PMID abstract or a political call to the phones or a full-blown response to a loud yell for help it's magic it is grace given it cannot be replaced by lists of jokes it should not be surrounded by guilt feelings it is not a sin to share joy with each other rather it is a sin to deny such a gift until we become as little children.... >2. i was helped out of a very difficult situation by somebody >whom i have never met, and who doisnt know me. Just because we >are both on the list. HArlan Williams, a young lawyer, gave >freely of his time and his expertise to help me, JUST BECAUSE >WE ARE BOTH ON THE LIST, AND BOTH ARE PARKIES. THat is something >that has never happened to me before, not anywhere, anytime, nohow! >ANd that is the MIRACLE OF THE LIST and we'll go a long way till >we find anything else like it! .... a-men and a-women to that! janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>