This is SOOOO good Cindy!!
Rayna
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 12:45:17PM -0800, Cindy C Curtis wrote:
CELEBRATING MY
CEREBRAL PALSY
By Cindy Curtis
Please do not look down,
I have nothing to be ashamed.
You see a woman in a wheelchair.
You do not see my inner-beauty.
The Lord has blessed me with the gift of Cerebral Palsy.
Through it, He has taught me to be strong.
My life is a challenge.
We all have challenges.
Through these challenges,
He is molding me into a victorious warrior.
He has proven over and over again,
His love for me overflows.
No matter what the situation,
His hand has a gentle, but firm grasp on me.
When you see me,
you may ask yourself, “Why is she always smiling?”
Why?
The Lord has given me a precious, precious gift.
I am celebrating my Cerebral Palsy.
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:47:37 EST Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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> My Life
> Version C
> Bobby Greer
> 8/18/96
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> =E2=80=9CNight life ain=E2=80=99t no good life.
> But it=E2=80=99s my life=E2=80=9D =20
> Willie Nelson
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> Born in north central Texas
> With cerebral palsy to share cropping parents
> One brother, older, smarter and richer
> But not happier.
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> 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=20
> Went easier on the self-pitying
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> Learned more from going to special ed.=20
> Than from special ed. teachers,
> Learned to ride city busses
> Learned about the =E2=80=9Cshady side=E2=80=9D of downtown
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> 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=E2=80=99ve ever eaten
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> He taught me to cuss in Spanish,=20
> 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=E2=80=99t 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 =E2=80=9883
> And an endoarterectomy on the left carotid in =E2=80=9888
> 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=E2=80=99s novels=20
> Spending money, Mexican food, ice cream and fried chicken
> Old WW II war planes, Old West History and John
> Callahan=E2=80=99s c=
> artoons.
>
> Most memorable experiences, road trips with my Dad
> My first date with Joyce, holding my grandson for the 1st
> time=20
> Quadruple by-pass, walking in Jerusalem
> Seeing the Sea of Galillee, seven days in London,
> =20
> In two years I=E2=80=99ve lost my dad, a dear niece and
> countless fr=
> iends in=20
> AA
> I have learned to hate cancer and its
> =E2=80=9Ctreatments=E2=80=9D.
> I have learned the formula time equals love.
> If you love someone, you spend time with them.
>
> I don=E2=80=99t 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=E2=80=99s dealt and don=E2=80=99t whine.
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