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 > > >