Paige,
My pleasure Paige! Thanks for the kind comments
Bobby
Paige wrote:
> 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
> >
> > â*œNight life ainâ*™t no good life.
> > But itâ*™s my lifeâ**
> > 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 â*œshady sideâ** 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 Iâ*™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, couldnâ*™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 â*˜83
> > And an endoarterectomy on the left carotid in â*˜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, Hiaasonâ*™s novels
> > Spending money, Mexican food, ice cream and fried chicken
> > Old WW II war planes, Old West History and John Callahanâ*™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 Iâ*™ve lost my dad, a dear niece and countless friends in
> > AA
> > I have learned to hate cancer and its â*œtreatmentsâ**.
> > I have learned the formula time equals love.
> > If you love someone, you spend time with them.
> >
> > I donâ*™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 whatâ*™s dealt and donâ*™t whine.
>
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