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From:
Kathy Pink <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:42:18 -0800
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Anthony,

No  , I am my own legal guardian.  Yes , I have a
social worker/case manager.  But , they can't
meet with me until in January.  Until this
morning , I had everything figured out , and ,
now , I'm not really sure.

THANKS ,
Kathy





--- Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Kathy,
>
> I want to ask you some questions that I'm sure
> will answer your own
> questions as well.  First, is your brother
> named your legal guardian?  If he
> is, he can suggest that you may want to think
> about stopping using e-mail
> and chatting to people over the internet, but
> however in the end its
> definitely your choice to use it or not.  If he
> isn't actually your legal
> guardian, I wouldn't get stressed out over what
> he may recommend you to do.
> But however I feel that you're just a follower,
> and I could probably tell
> you to wheel off a bridge and into the water,
> and scary thought you might
> actually take my word for it.  You need to stop
> living as a total follower
> and actually live life however you may like,
> and please don't say that you
> have Cerebral Palsy you can't, because that's
> the biggest put down that
> isn't true, that I know.  If I were you, I
> would do some thinking this
> weekend and than Monday morning right away, I
> would call your caseworker (or
> get one if you don't have one and they don't
> charge you) I would sit down
> with them to discuss about whatever you want in
> life and however you may
> wish to live your life.  Knowing them, they
> would help you if you go at it
> being excited and happy instead of being sad
> and frustrated because you were
> born with Cerebral Palsy.  Unfortunately you
> can't replay your birth in
> hopes that you won't end up with Cerebral Palsy
> again, but however you can
> definitely make life without feeling that
> you're different.  And if you
> decide to do this and call a caseworker Monday,
> do it for yourself and to
> make yourself happy and not anyone else.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kathy Pink
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:49 AM
>   Subject: The reason I left this list...
>
>
>   The reason why I left this list is because my
>   oldest brother said don't talk to anybody
> over
>   the Internet that you don't know.  But , I
>   actually feel better if I talk to people that
> I
>   don't know.
>
>   =====
>   My Ya-Hoo ID:  kathyjopinkus
>
>
>
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