I have had just about enough of this thing.  It was a commerical about the
future.  I even think that in the future people  with CP may be cured.
Maybe not in most of our liifetims but I think IT WILL HAPPEN.  DON'T GIVE
UP HOPE!!!!!!


Chester Worwa (who will NEVER give up hope on a cure for CP)




On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Paul V wrote:

> I found myself in tears seeing the Reeve commercial.  Thinking about why, I
> realized it was in part because we all know how much he wants to walk again,
> and that it seems to be his primary dream, and we all get emotional when
> someone's dreams seem to come true.  We want people to get what they hope
> for, especially after severe trauma and pain.
>
> But I realized, too, my tears were for others, as well.  Not only those who
> wish they, too, could walk (again or for the first time) but for those who
> realize that there are more things in life than walking, and who face
> challenges every day that go beyond the wheels they're sitting on.
>
> And ultimately, I think, as a Christian, my tears were for the hope that the
> commercial represents that is spoken about in the Bible, when all the pain
> and plain crap of this life will be over and we will find the fulfillment of
> all we dream of being with the One who gave us the dream to begin with.
>
> Paul V. Waiting for the Rapture...flying up in the air to meet JESUS...talk
> about "Up, Up and AWAAAAY!!"  Grin.
>