When you meet with them in January, please state your feelings, wants and
needs to them because they're there to help you with whatever. Remember
that you can say anything reasonable without hurting your family's feelings.
Thanks,
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy Pink
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: The reason I left this list...
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.
>
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>
>
>
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