This is Not the same friend.  Kathy Jo













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>First of all, why are you listening to this 'friend'?  This doesn't sound
>like a true friend to me=2E (Is this one of the friends who told you CP=20=
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>Secondly, this is the sort of thing Mags and other people have told you to=
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>Now I'm off to enjoy the rest of my holiday=2E :)
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>Kat
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>Original Message:
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>From: Kathy Jo Pink kjp@TDS=2ENET
>Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 15:57:54 -0500
>To: C-PALSY@MAELSTROM=2ESTJOHNS=2EEDU
>Subject: Re: new member intro and some well-meant comments=2E=2E=2E
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>Whenever I start to look in to Independent Living, I tend to get more
>depressed=2E  I wastalking to my best friend yesterday and she said to
>stop looking in to Independent Living and let my parents and my social
>worker do that=2E  I am afraid if I do that I'll get put somewhere that I
>don't want to be (like Cornerstone)=2E
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>Jeff25916@AOL=2ECOM wrote:
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>>Kathy Jo, I've accepted my disability=2E  There are too many people who  =
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>>parents=2E  There are some reasons to this but there are those  who need =
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>>encouragement to be able to function as independently as  possible=2E  I'=
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>>I've came across people who you would think are are  incapable of being o=
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