You want ME dragging trash at 2 am?  LOLOL

Hey, Wonder Woman!  Let me praise you for your poise, superb writing,
and solid good sense over the last few days.

Now if a way can be found to get Paige to play more quietly and hog
fewer emails other people may come forward.  (Until she behaves she gets
no Godiva from me.)  That might encourage some of the more significant
issues you want discussed.

ISM  :-D

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carla MacInnis" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Can't We all Just Get Along :)


> That's right, you go to sleep, while I drag the trash to the road
side. :)
>
>
>
> ISM wrote:
>
> > I think we can be at peace with ourselves and each other.  We are
here
> > to be supportive, understanding, affirm each other, and applaud our
> > triumph of getting through life as people with CP.
> >
> > I for one am glad that Rayna decided to stay.  And I want to thank
my
> > friends for saying and doing what they know I know was right and
proper
> > and for the good of all.
> >
> > Happy Friday.  I'm going back to sleep.
> >
> > S.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rayna Lamb" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: Can't We all Just Get Along :)
> >
> > > Please can we all stop talking about this, I'm feeling really
> > > uncomfortable. PLEASE.  I never used any names or initials in my
posts
> > > about this.  Please, can we all talk about other things.
> > >
> > > Rayna
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:11:52PM -0300, Carla MacInnis wrote:
> > >       ISM, when you grow up with 5 lads, it is never lost on you
how
> > icky they
> > >     can be some times. Taking chocolates out of the box, and
having a
> > bite and
> > >     then putting it back is something I remember them doing;
annoyed
> > me then,
> > >     and it annoys me now :)  Besides, it was you had the
chocolates.
> > So there,
> > >     too! :)
> > >
> > >       And yes, I agree, young ladies need to mind their manners.
But
> > I'm old and
> > >     crotchety, so don't mess with me! I agree again that no one is
> > perfect and I
> > >     don't think anyone, including myself was particularly
ascribing to
> > you what
> > >     we cannot acknowlege in ourselves.
> > >
> > >       Given that I did not know and do not know what transpired
> > between you and
> > >     Rayna, and don't care to know, I can't speak to any of that.
> > >
> > >       I think it's important for us to take this list for what it
is
> > .. a
> > >     meeting place for anyone and everyone who may share that
"thing"
> > known as
> > >     cerebral palsy. There are those among us who never have had
nor
> > never will
> > >     have many of the life experiences of  some of the others,
whether
> > it be a
> > >     relatively happy home life, a moderately or highly successful
> > school life, a
> > >     solid career life, marriage and family. On a certain level, we
> > bring a
> > >     degree of emotional baggage with us to these "helping" lists
and
> > sometimes,
> > >     without much provocation, it slips out. We then must examine
what
> > it really
> > >     was, about what may have been said, that upset us, annoyed us,
> > hurt us. In
> > >     other words, who is the real target?
> > >
> > >       This list needs to be a safe place for everyone, and you're
> > right, we're
> > >     entitled to our opinions. I for one, would like to see some
more
> > serious
> > >     threads going on. No doubt there are many lurkers (some young,
> > some old) out
> > >     there who might benefit from what we have learned as we travel
> > this path
> > >     known as "living with cerebral palsy". Maybe, just maybe, with
our
> > >     collective help, those who are dealing with touchy life issues
> > might get the
> > >     help they don't see themselves getting in their "real" lives.
Key
> > to success
> > >     of anything of this sort is that we not undermine the feelings
of
> > others.
> > >     What may seem a huge problem for one might seem trivial to
someone
> > else. Be
> > >     that as it may, it would be nice for us to feel comfortable
enough
> > unloading
> > >     as the need arises.
> > >
> > >       I could start by telling you all about Expo 67, which I
didn't
> > get to see
> > >     while my brothers and sisters did.
> > >
> > >     Cheers!
> > >
> > >     Carla
> > >     http://www.brunnet.net/terrier