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| Date: | Fri, 3 Nov 2000 13:50:32 PST |
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Betty,
Truer words have rarely be written. Thank you for such profound expression.
Forgive me list for not editing for length or bandwidth, I simply could
not do that.
Thank you Betty,
Vince
>I know how you feel Sugar, and I remember that we hugged when we met >last
>year. That meant a lot to me.
>
>I don't get my minimum daily requirement of human contact either, and >that
>has changed me. My cat wants to be in my lap constantly and >that helps a
>lot, but you know, we need that human touch too.
>
>I absolutely without question know how you feel Mike.
>
>When I worked at the Wild Bird Center, there was a lot of hugging.
> >Customers hugged the staff and vice versa, my bosses hugged me; it >was a
>daily hug fest. The people who owned the store next door, >Rick's Wine and
>Gourmet, were huggers too. It was a great little >strip mall to work in.
>
>That was the best job I ever had, hands down. I loved them like >family,
>and went through the most major pain I've ever been through >when I
>couldn't work there anymore. I thought about suicide all the >time. I
>didn't eat for nearly a month. That was before I came to >C-PALSY.
>
>I'm okay now but you can bet that I'm changed. Turning that episode >of my
>life into a positive learning experience and not allowing my >heart to turn
>to stone was the hardest work I've ever done. No other >experience
>compares or comes close.
>
>How the hell can people do that to a human being? I think that's
> >basically what happened to Elizabeth Bouvier and what happens to a >lot
>of us. The details are different, but the message is the same: >You're
>different; you don't belong.
>
>I don't know why any disabled person would be shocked to hear me use >the
>term "Able Body Supremacy."
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