Hi, Bettina,

I'm Kat, a 51-year old CP living and working in NC, and one of the admins of
this list.  I think I remember you  -- didn't you post once about asking
about motorised wheelchiars or scooters?  Sorry to hear about your losses but
it sounds as if you've managed to survive quite well.  As for your looks,
that's the least important part of a person.  What counts is what's inside.
I don't think any of us who is disabled fails to come to that conclusion. :)

I'm single and live by myself; I'm fortunate that I can cook and clean after
myself reasonably well with the help of a lady who comes at least once a
month to do the heavy cleaning.   I love to cook and love enthic foods - I'm
trying to stay away from our Southern fried foods cruisine!

Hoping to hear more from you.  We have at least a couple of other CP members
who live in Texas, one of them being Bobby, who lives in Austin.  I know Bob
Hester is in Texas, but I can't rmemeber where.

Kat

On Wednesday 09 March 2005 10:27 am, Bettina Brown wrote:
> I'm Bettina, a 48 yr-old widow with CP living in North Central Texas.  Some
> of you may know me from other groups and even from this group from a few
> years ago.  Basically I've led a very productive and fulfilling life.  In
> 2002 it felt like my world had come tumbling down.  In March of that year I
> was laid off from IBM after a 14-year run with them as a technical writer.
> In June of that year, my husband and companion of 26 years died in a tragic
> accident.  He was the true love of my life and he had taken such good care
> of me for all those years.   Slowly, but ever so slowly, I'm coming back
> from the ambers and trying to regain my life again.  My main goal is to
> re-enter the workforce.  It just hasn't happened yet.  Long term, I'd like
> to meet new friends and possibly more.  People have told me I have a great
> personality.  I like good food (I can't cook, so we can hire a chef), good
> music (mainly oldies (I can't  understand the new stuff of today), and good
> conversation (as long as it's not too complicated). I'm 4'11", 120 lbs
> (guessing) brown  hair, brown eyes, and am a non-smoker.  My picture is
> under my yahoo profile if anyone is interested.   I'm not very photogenic,
> CP does that to a person. What I lack in looks, I make up in personality.
> Hoping to hear from some of you folks out there.
>
> Thanks, Bettina "Crack a smile, its nature's best addictive medicine.
> Laughter is like inner jogging".