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Thanks!  How's it going?  Kathy
AOL Instant Messenger ScreenName KJPink
ICQ UIN # 16632777
http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/
SafetyEd International's WebSite:  http://www.safetyed.org





----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy C Curtis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: I'm back


> So happy to hear you had a great time at camp!  Welcome back!
>
> While you were away, I moved to my own apartment!  I love it!
>
> Cindy
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:50:12 -0500 Perk <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > Hi everybody ,
> >
> > I went to Camp Courageous of Iowa in Monticello, Iowa , from August
> > thirteenth to the eighteenth.  I went last summer and I really
> > enjoyed
> > myself there , so , I decided to go again this summer.  I saw some
> > of the
> > old staff from last year.  To my amazement , one of my last year's
> > counselor
> > was one of my counselors again , this year!  My parents dropped me
> > off and
> > picked me off there.  The food was not the greatest , but , I ,
> > survived.  I
> > didn't sleep well either there.  I think my bed was too small.  Some
> > of the
> > activities , that I participated in , this year , while I was there
> > , were:
> > help feed and water the animals , Arts and Crafts (I made a costume
> > for the
> > dance.  I was a space person because the theme of week was out of
> > this
> > world.  I asked the camp staff to see if they could find me a big
> > box like a
> > refrigerator box in which they found one.  I covered the box with
> > something
> > like aluminum foil.  I wanted to take a picture of my costume on my
> > camera ,
> > but , unfortunately , I didn't.   The camp director said to me if we
> > had a
> > contest for the best costume , I would had won.  I came up with my
> > costume
> > idea , all by myself) , Burma Bridge , (this is like walking on the
> > high
> > rope , like people do in a circus.  I was afraid to do this at
> > first.),
> > canoeing, hikes, ice cream making , (We made chocolate ice cream,
> > but I
> > would have preferred vanilla), cookouts, campout, superzip, (this
> > was like
> > the Burma Bridge, swimming , trampoline, treeclimb, and playing
> > cards and
> > games.  We had a hypnotist.
> >
> > For those who are new or don't remember who I am :
> >
> > I was born on July 5, 1971.  It was a complicated birth. . .  I
> > couldn't cry
> > , breathe or suck.  The doctors thought I would be a vegetable the
> > rest of
> > my life.  As a result of all of this , I was diagnosed with Cerebral
> > Palsy
> > at the age of three a half .  I am very physically disabled because
> > of all
> > of this.  I can't walk , talk , or feed myself in the 'normal way."
> > When I
> > was four years old , I was the Cerebral Palsy Poster child.  I went
> > to Day C
> > are for that had disabilities and Early Childhood.  Then I went
> > through all
> > of school.  When I was in fourth grade , I was put in to a special
> > education
> > class in school. I used to to drool a lot and I had a surgery to
> > stop that.
> > When I was a freshman in high school , I had what looked like
> > seizures but
> > actually it was suicidal attempts. I won the award for the
> > outstanding
> > handicapped citizen for the state of Wisconsin.  I went to college
> > and
> > double majored in Data Entry and Accounting.   I update telephone
> > directories for a living.  I do about twenty to thirty a year.  I do
> > it
> > right from my home.   I also make and sell my own greeting cards.
> > As I
> > mentioned before , I have had a lot of problems with depression and
> > suicide.
> > From 1992 to 1998 I was in counseling and from 1994-96, I was
> > hospitalized
> > seven times because of this.  The reason of all of this is because I
> > couldn'
> > t cope with having a disability.  My family consists of a father , a
> > mother
> > and three brothers.   I also have seven nieces and nephews and one
> > on the
> > way .  I collect angels.  I'm really involved on the Internet.  I'm
> > on
> > several of   ListServs, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger , Ya-Hoo Instant
> > Messenger , and mIRC.  My ICQ UIN # is 16632777.  My screen name for
> > AOL
> > Instant Messenger is KJPink.  I can be reached by Ya-Hoo Instant
> > Messenger
> > at kathy_pink_2000.  The servers that I'm usually on on mIRC is
> > BrightNet
> > or ChatWorks.  I have a Home WebPage .  It is at
> > http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/.
> >
> > Kathy Jo Pink/Perky/Pinky
> > AOL Instant Messenger ScreenName KJPink
> > ICQ UIN # 16632777
> > http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/
> > SafetyEd International's WebSite:  http://www.safetyed.org
> >
>

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