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Carole, I think the post below came from me (unless my short term memory has taken a vacation too). Cheers, Brenda Carole Hercun wrote: > Hi janet: I love this answer, with 'bits and pieces' of > different Parkies included. Honored to have been among > them...On the lighter side, I was reading the post and > thinking, yes, this is an interesting comment, when I > realized with a jolt that it was written by ME. Whoa...talk > about short term memory loss. Carole H. > > --- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > At 21:39 1999/11/10 -0700, you wrote: > > >Janet, what's the Mars Mambo Express with Bern...sounds > > exciting. I used to > > >love to dance...(one of the saddest things for me, > > losing my sense of > > >rythym--I can feel the beat, but I can't keep time to > > it.) but maybe by then > > >I'll be able to dance again? > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 02:56:19 -0400 > > From: janet paterson > > Subj: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > estrangement > > > > a strange meant > > a making strange > > a losing touch > > a shutting out > > a shutting in > > > > shut the door > > close it off > > end it > > > > put a stop to it > > make it final > > no more > > > > all out of fear > > intolerance > > out of fear > > jealousy > > out of fear > > anger > > out of fear > > fear > > out of fear > > > > fear of hurting > > fear of losing > > fear of giving > > fear of taking > > fear of needing > > fear of wanting > > fear of loving > > > > > > 1999/09/01 > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:57:52 +0200 > > From: Bernard Shaw > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Dear Janet, > > > > Your poem got to me, are you feeling depressive today > > or are you generally having a bad time.? > > I have a saying which goes like this. > > If your face wants to smile, Let it. > > If it doesn't, Make it. > > Easy for me to write but I honestly try to smile no > > matter how I > > feel. The world is for most Parkinson patients one big up > > and down, > > mainly downs when I am to be honest. I hope that I have > > made a > > mistake about your Poem and that you feel on top of the > > world. > > > > Bern. > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 06:04:13 -0700 > > From: Carole Hercun > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Very nice. A bit on the dark side. But, as I am > > learning, that's part of life, isn't it? > > > > Carole > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:59:56 -0400 > > From: janet paterson > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > hi all > > > > At 10:57 1999/09/03 +0200, bern wrote: > > >Your poem got to me, are you feeling depressive today > > >or are you generally having a bad time.?... > > > > neither! > > > > that 'pome' was some musing on thoughts and observations > > which had been percolating in my head for awhile > > > > i will take your reaction > > as one of the nicest compliments about my writing > > that i've ever had! > > > > >I have a saying which goes like this. > > >If your face wants to smile, Let it. If it doesn't, Make > > it... > > > > sort of like an old song about whistling > > "whenever i feel afraid...." > > > > >Easy for me to write but I honestly try to smile > > >no matter how I feel. The world is for most Parkinson > > >patients one big up and down, mainly downs when I am > > >to be honest... > > > > i think it's important that we 'allow' ourselves > > to feel lousy when we feel lousy > > > > it was also important to me to realize > > that i could actively make a conscious choice in how i > > looked at > > ... everything! > > > > >I hope that I have made a mistake about your Poem > > >and that you feel on top of the world. Bern. > > >http://members.teleweb.at/bernard.shaw/poetry.html > > > > i don't know if i would call it a 'mistake' > > if my words grabbed your heart and did a little twisting > > there > > > > maybe it's a case of my words having the 'power' to grab > > maybe it's a case of your heart being open and > > 'twistable' > > > > janet > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:01:34 -0400 > > From: janet paterson > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > At 06:04 1999/09/03 -0700, carole wrote: > > >Very nice. A bit on the dark side. But, as I am > > >learning, that's part of life, isn't it? > > > > thank you, carole > > and, > > yes it is, > > just as surely as day follows night > > > > janet > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 16:23:53 +0200 > > From: Bernard Shaw > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Janet > > > > I am so pleased that you are alright. Your poem did touch > > me > > but then nowadays so much touches me that I did not > > consciously > > see before Parkinon's. A piece of music .a child that is > > in > > distress, a poverty stricken person anywhere in the > > world. My > > heart goes out to them. Is it possibly all this Sinamet.? > > Does > > it cause our brains to react differently or is it Old Age > > creeping > > up.? > > I tell everone that I meet, I will live to be a hundred, > > Parkinson or no Parkinson. I want to see the civilisation > > jump in > > the next thirty years. Perhaps I too will be able to go > > to Mars or > > even the Moon. I have alwayss been an optimist so perhaps > > I will > > reach the 100 mark. > > > > Bern > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:30:30 -0700 > > From: Carole Hercun > > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > > > === message truncated === > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com