EXTRAORDINARY!!!!!!!!!  WOW!  Thanks for sharing this Bobby!

Paige




On Mon, 26 February 2001, Bobby Greer wrote:

>
> Mag,
>
>     You asked for it. I have posted a while back but many of the new members
> may not have seen it.
>
>
>
>
>                         My Life
>                     Version C
>                     Bobby Greer
>                        8/18/96
>
>         “Night life ain’t no good life.
>          But it’s my life”
>                     Willie Nelson
>
>         Born in north central Texas
>         With cerebral palsy to share cropping parents
>         One brother, older, smarter and richer
>         But not happier.
>
>         Moved to San Antonio, learned to walk at three
>         Fell alot, sewn up alot, got used to ether, I liked it!
>         WWII was in full bloom, town full of soldiers
>         Lived in public housing for awhile
>
>         Had one dog, Lady, a Collie.
>         Got her in the third grade, put her to sleep
>         When I was a Junior in college
>         Loved that dog!
>
>         Went to a special school in 6th grade,
>         Ridiculed in regular grades before that,
>         Was pitying myself till I saw my 1st quad with bulbar polio
>         Went easier on the self-pitying
>
>         Learned more from going to  special ed.
>         Than from special ed. teachers,
>         Learned to ride city busses
>         Learned about the “shady side” of downtown
>
>         Learned alot from my Mexican friend, Salvador
>         Salvador lived a bare bones, impoverished existence,
>         In a dug out with a dirt floor for a home
>         His Mom made the best bean rolls I’ve ever eaten
>
>
>
>
>         He taught me to cuss in Spanish,
>         I taught him to cuss in English
>         We knew every inch of the river walk,
>         Went by the Alamo every day.
>
>         Finished high school, went to college
>         Finished college with a major in psychology
>         The major for sick people trying to find themselves
>         Under the guise of learning to help others
>
>         Counselled older disabled adults,
>         Some said I would inspire these adults
>         I was a smartass greenhorn with some book klnowledge
>         The adults were not inspired
>
>         Began drinking regularly after work
>         I was changing for the worse.
>         Working with others I had to faced myself
>         Ran off to get a doctorate, couldn’t take what I saw
>
>         Got a doctorate, a wife who still loves me after 33 years
>         Had three jobs, in New Jersey, D.C and Memphis
>         Been teaching in Memphis for 30 years, now.
>         Adopted and help raise two fine children
>
>         Have taught over 5,000 students
>         Have taught courses in special ed. voc. rehab., and A&D counseling
>         Now work with batterers in anger management.
>         Amazing what a short interest span will do
>
>         Developed hypetension probably the result of drinking
>         Had a quadruple bypass in ‘83
>         And an endoarterectomy on the left carotid in ‘88
>         Still do not eat right or excercise
>
>         My true loves are Joyce(my wife), my children  and now grandson
>         My dog Max, blues music, rock and roll music,
>         Playing poker, Doc Holliday, Hiaason’s novels
>         Spending money, Mexican food, ice cream and fried chicken
>         Old WW II war planes, Old West History and John Callahan’s cartoons.
>
>         Most memorable experiences, road trips with my Dad
>         My first date with Joyce,  holding my grandson for the 1st time
>         Quadruple by-pass,  walking in Jerusalem
>         Seeing the Sea of Galillee, seven days in London,
>
>         In two years I’ve lost my dad, a dear niece and countless friends in
> AA
>         I have learned to hate cancer and its “treatments”.
>         I have learned the formula time equals love.
>         If you love someone, you spend time with them.
>
>         I don’t give others enough of my time,
>         I am at once intolerant and lovable,
>         Brilliant and stupid, graceful and blundering
>         Most people I know accept me for who I am, except myself.
>
>         The two most priceless things are love and the present
>         Death comes to soon and unexpectedly
>         Life is joyous and is also brutal
>         Enjoy the good times and brave the brutal ones
>
>         If you have something good to say to somone, sayit
>         There are no guarantees you will ever see them again
>         Say it now, say it with heart, say it sincerely
>         Most of all, say it
>
>         I have witnessed brutality and miracles
>         I have been inspired and disgusted
>         Most of all I value playing life like  cards in a poker hand
>         Play what’s dealt and don’t whine.



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