I vaguely recall  you, Jonathan.  Your quietness was noteworthy.  I hope
you have a more successful career building bridges for people than you
seem to do with them.

Thank you for your keen observations.  Such intelligence will carry you
far.

Steve M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Mallard" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:38 AM
Subject: Farewell


After perusing this for the better part of a year, I must unsubscribe.
To those
of you who don't know me, I'm 29, have a mild case of CP and I work as a
bridge engineer.

I do participate occasionally on alt.support.cerebral-palsey.  The
people over
there actually ask some pertinent questions every now and then.  Most
(but not
all) of what I see here is like most of what I see on the internet -
garbage.

So - having said that, let me leave you with what I feel is important,
and please
read this...  I do think it is important.

To parents:  Most of what I've seen is parents that are terrified of
what the future
holds for their kids.  In reality, it isn't that big of a deal.  Just
take care of your
children and support them.  I think you'll be surprised at how well they
adapt.

What I do think you can do are these three very important things:

1.  Teach your kids that life is not fair.
2.  Teach your kids to worry about what they can control, not what they
can't control
3.  Teach your kids good social skills.  Make them interact with other
children of
     all walks of life.

To Children:  This will all come to pass.  Focus on what I said in point
number 2.
You'll understand when you get older.