I one time showed someone a picture of pictures on AFO's, but nobody here in Buffalo, New York knows how they did it. --- Jennifer Zubko <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Here is a little note as to why I chose butterflies > on my new braces. The > very first poem I ever wrote (in a tattered grade 9 > journal that I still > have at home somewhere), was about a little boy who > finds a butterfly with a > broken wing in his yard while playing one day. He > picks up this frightened, > delicate creature, whose one uninjured wing is > beating frantically against > his palm and takes it home, nursing it to health > with ointment and time. He > then lets the well butterfuly fly free again. I > wrote the poem as a tribute > to an English teacher whom I loved, who was, at the > time, the onlyone NOT to > see my disability (or injured wing, if you will), > before my intellect. When > my family had a very old computer, I used to have it > saved, but it is gone > now.... And these days I would dedicate it all to > you, because you have > rescued me so many times, helped me to grow, believe > in myself, let me be > free to be myself....So thats why I chose > butterflies on my new braces. If > you want, when I am trying to rest in between > assignments, I could try to > reproduce it. I see that little boy in each one of > you... And myself as the > butterfly, one of God's creatures who needs help. So > thats why I chose > butterflies on my AFOS... They grow and change, are > fragile and strong-- yet > sometimes need help. So its more a symbolic reason > than any fashion sense, > though I love the purple. I could try and reproduce > the poem if anyone > wished. (Collett as you are my Canadian poetry > teacher, I am sure you would > love it if I could, though I am sorry my papers are > not done. I have not had > my electric wheelchair for over a week, so can't > leave my room, and the only > place the Attendants go is in Residence. I can't > even go to a doctor's appt. > on campus today), or the library. I am going to ask > my GP to write a note > for extensions re: papers I have left to write. > Stress does not allow my > best work, and increases my pain. > So that's the story of my butterrflies, and I thank > you all for being that > little boy in my life rescuing me, taking care of > me, and letting me fly > free and be myself. > Love, > Jenn > > -now do you think its juvenile to put butterflies on > my braces, knowing the > significance-- even though the majority of responses > have been to do > whatever I want? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/