There are a lot of posts I want to answer and will get to them all.

At the same dedication ceremony I was talking about the other day, a woman
was introduced and congratulated by encouraged applause for looking so great
at the age of ninety.  I thought about that.  What they were really doing was
congratulating her for not looking disabled.

In a message dated 03/30/2001 2:18:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>  > I'm trying to accept my disabilities.  At times, it is really
>  > hard.  Kathy
>  > >
>  > > , it is hard, Kathy Jo ... in a nation where the TV has become
>  > paramount, the general public rides around thinking that everybody
>  > has to be
>  > a twiggy or stallone... but we need to remember that our spirits,
>  > our souls
>  > are just as perfect as anybody else's.
>  >
>  > mag
>  >