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From: Elizabeth Hill Thiers <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Fw: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Delivery


>Hey, It's smaltzy and swarmy and I know it's after the holidays but, I like
>the meaning behind the message.
>
>Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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>homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html
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>> Subject: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Delivery
>> Date: Saturday, December 26, 1998 3:02 AM
>>
>>   The following story is brought to you from Chicken Soup for
>>    the Kid's Soul. These books make great Holiday presents or
>>   stocking stuffers. Order online now or visit your local
>>   bookstore for the entire selection!
>>
>>           The Little Girl who Dared to Wish
>>
>>
>>        As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from
>>   her classroom, she collided with a tall boy from the fifth
>>   grade running in the opposite direction.
>>        "Watch it, Squirt," the boy yelled, as he dodged around
>>   the little third grader.  Then, with a smirk on his face,
>>   the boy took hold of his right leg and mimicked the way Amy
>>   limped when she walked.
>>        Amy closed her eyes for a moment.
>>        Ignore him, she told herself as she headed for her
>>   classroom.
>>        But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about
>>   the tall boy's mean teasing.        It wasn't as if he were the
>>   only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third
>>   grade, someone teased her every single day. Kids teased her
>>   about her speech or her limping.  Amy was tired of it.
>>   Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the
>>   teasing made her feel all alone.
>>        Back home at the dinner table that evening Amy was
>>   quiet.  Her mother knew that things were not going well at
>>   school.  That's why Patti Hagadorn was happy to have some
>>   exciting news to share with her daughter.
>>        "There's a Christmas Wish Contest on the radio
>>   station," Amy's mom announced.  "Write a letter to Santa and
>>   you might win a prize.  I think someone at this table with
>>   blond curly hair should enter."
>>        Amy giggled.  The contest sounded like fun.  She
>>   started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas.
>>        A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to
>>   her.        Out came pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her
>>   letter.  "Dear Santa Claus," she began.
>>        While Amy worked away at her best printing, the rest of
>>   the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa.
>>   Amy's sister, Jamie, and Amy's mom both thought a 3-foot
>>   Barbie Doll would top Amy's wish list. Amy's dad guessed a
>>   picture book.  But Amy wasn't ready to reveal her secret
>>   Christmas wish just then.  Here is Amy's letter to Santa,
>>   just as she wrote it that night:
>>
>>   Dear Santa Claus,
>>
>>        My name is Amy.        I am 9 years old.  I have a problem at
>>   school. Can you help me, Santa?  Kids laugh at me because of
>>   the way I walk and run and talk.  I have cerebral palsy.  I
>>   just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of
>>   me.
>>
>>   Love,
>>   Amy
>>
>>        At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, letters
>>   poured in for the Christmas Wish Contest.  The workers had
>>   fun reading about all the different presents that boys and
>>   girls from across the city wanted for Christmas.
>>        When Amy's letter arrived at the radio station, manager
>>   Lee Tobin read it carefully. He knew cerebral palsy was a
>>   muscle disorder that might confuse the schoolmates of Amy
>>   who didn't understand her disability.  He thought it would
>>   be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this
>>   special third grader and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called
>>   up the local newspaper.
>>        The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa
>>   made the front page of The News Sentinel.  The story spread
>>   quickly.  All across the country, newspapers and radio and
>>   television stations reported the story of the little girl in
>>   Fort Wayne, Indiana, who asked for such a simple, yet
>>   remarkable, Christmas gift-- just one day without teasing.
>>        Suddenly the postman was a regular at the Hagadorn
>>   house. Envelopes of all sizes addressed to Amy arrived daily
>>   from children and adults all across the nation.  They came
>>   filled with holiday greetings and words of encouragement.
>>        During that unforgettable Christmas season, over two
>>   thousand people from all over the world sent Amy letters of
>>   friendship and support.  Amy and her family read every
>>   single one.  Some of the writers had disabilities; some had
>>   been teased as children.  Each writer had a special message
>>   for Amy.  Through the cards and letters from strangers, Amy
>>   glimpsed a world full of people who truly cared about each
>>   other.  She realized that no amount or form of teasing could
>>   ever make her feel lonely again.
>>        Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak
>>   up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her
>>   head high. Lynn, a sixth grader from Texas, sent this
>>   message:
>>        "I would like to be your friend," she wrote, "and if
>>   you want to visit me, we could have fun.  No one would make
>>   fun of us, cause, if they do, we will not even hear them."
>>        Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing
>>   at South Wayne Elementary School.  Additionally, everyone at
>>   school got an added bonus.  Teachers and students talked
>>   together about how bad teasing can make others feel.
>>        That year, the Fort Wayne mayor officially proclaimed
>>   December 21st as Amy Jo Hagadorn Day throughout the city.
>>   The mayor explained that by daring to make such a simple
>>   wish, Amy taught a universal lesson.
>>        "Everyone," said the mayor, "wants and deserves to be
>>   treated with respect, dignity and warmth."
>>
>>               by Alan D. Shultz
>>       from Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul
>>   Copyright 1998 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty
>>   Hansen and Irene Dunlap
>>
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