Rude and abusive remarks

[Guest guest]

I came home on afternoon last summer on a particularly hot and uncomfortable day

to find that someone had parked right outside my house. Now my neighbours know

that is my parking space because it's about the only one I can walk safely from

with my crutches inside my house.

I had to park across the road and further down. I did make it into my house but

collapsed on the door step and took a few minutes before I could breather.

Dave was very concerned and he suggested writing a politie note to the driver

and leaving it infront of his steering wheel because he'd left the window open.

At first I said no leave but after ten minutes or so of still hurting I said go

for it.

Dave wrote and note and I checked it, it wasn't offensive or abusive in anyway

it just stated that I was disabled and I needed to park out side my house and

would he kindly remember this in future. Then he put it on the front of this

guys car.

A few minutes later there was a pounding on our front door and Dave answered it,

it was the guy to who the car belonged too. His words were 'if you stick your

f***king hand in my car again I'll break your f***king neck.

Dave who is by nature a lot more placid than me (you'll be pleased to know)

apologised that he'd upset him and began to explain exactly why he'd written it.

By this time I'd picked up my crutches and hobbled to the front door to give

Dave so moral support but the guy turned on me and said I had no right to that

parking space (which I didn't) and that I shouldn't play on my f***king

disablitiles.

Well I'm sorry folks but I snapped at this point and said something like 'drop

dead'. Okay I know I shouldn't have done so but the only reason I'd been out

that afternoon was because I had a meeting in a neighbouring town and was

representing my village (the same on this guy lives in) and we were discussing

possible ways of reducing crime in the area. I sit on the local Parish Council.

Anyway if this story isn't long enough to start with I decided to do something

about it. I got the members out from my County Council and explained the

situation and bless them I know have a disabled box outside my house.

I challenged someone about parking in the disabled/children's parking space at a

supermarket when neither of them were disabled or had children. I followed them

round the store after reporting them and totally hounded them. When we got back

they were just loading up and they also told me not to play on my disabilities

despite the fact I was sitting in a wheelchair. I took their car registration

number and put a letter in the local paper about it and the paper printed both

their reg number and the make and model of the car.

Maybe I'm a maverick and a potential trouble maker but I have rights and the

truth be known I would rather not have to shout and to be able to park in normal

parking spaces. But I can't and those who I catch abusing the system I always

offer to replace their legs with my wheelchair.

Just for a laugh going back to the two women I argued with Dave was absolutely

terrified because the car I was driving he'd just bought me for me and I'd

picked it up from the showroom twenty minutes earlier but as far as I was

concerned I had insurance so I could afford to shout.

Does this story worry you?

It sure as hell worries my Dave - LOL

Stand up and be counted, fight for your rights but any serious trouble get the

police or contact the media - it really does work.

Love to all my CMT friends I'm proud to know you

Sue X

The important thing is never to stop questioning.

Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

Freelance Writer and CMTer

" I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work,

and my God. " - Helen Keller

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Sue

That would bother me...I don't know.

I'd like to believe we live in a world where we all help

each other and are willing to do small things that make

a big difference.

But we don't and some people don't care...

Love

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It did bother me until I decided what to do about it. As I said on the practical

side I got a disabled box painted outside my house so now when the 'nasty man'

comes to visit his son who lives a few doors down I enjoy watching him trying to

park elswhere especially when he has to park some distance from my house. I

enjoy it even more when Dave has my car and the gap outside my house is empty.

It also however made me realise that some people attitudes towards disabled

people have to change and that spurs me on to try and change their attitudes.

We have a saying 'don't get mad, get even'

Love

Sue

The important thing is never to stop questioning.

Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

Freelance Writer and CMTer

" I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work,

and my God. " - Helen Keller

----- Original Message -----

From: shannon marzinski

Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:26 AM

Subject: Re: [] Rude and abusive remarks

Sue

That would bother me...I don't know.

I'd like to believe we live in a world where we all help

each other and are willing to do small things that make

a big difference.

But we don't and some people don't care...

Love

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Hi Sue!

I've thought a lot about your post on verbally abusive people toward

the disabled. You mentioned trying to change their attitude. That is

the problem, in the past people gave much more respect to the

disabled, or the unfortunate in our society than they do today.

People's attitudes are changing, they are caring less and less for

others! I see people on the freeway who cut me off and give me the

finger as though I had cut them off, I see people rushing in traffic,

it appears everyone wants to be number one on the roads. Attitudes

are changing, only they are changing for the worse, road rage is

simply a symptom of the problem, lack of respect for elderly,

disabled, all the people we (our generation) were taught to always

try and help and look out for are becoming targets for the rage of

many people, and that number is on the increase. People are so

absorbed in their own lives, they think an elderly or disabled person

should just stay home until they die... Anyone who is " Not Normal " has

become the target for not only abusive language, but actual physical

abuse. It seems like man must have someone to " blame " for their

personal misfortune, and the elderly the disabled, and all people of

that nature currently are why 'they can't get a good job', or 'are

financially destitute' or a myriad of other woes, we (the disabled)

use all the resources leaving them to starve.

I realize there will be many people who disagree with what I say, all

I ask is that they watch the cars who park in disabled parking spaces,

watch as the people get out of their cars and run didybopping to the

store entrance, if possible talk to the people, you will soon learn

they think disabled, should stay at home " what makes them so special " .

Talk to people at parties, about the disabled on SS, you will see that

many people think the reason they will never get SS is because of all

the " supposed disabled " who are " milking the system " . All I ask is

look around, really listen to people, you will be amazed and shocked....

God bless,

Dave

>

> It did bother me until I decided what to do about it. As I said on

the practical side I got a disabled box painted outside my house so

now when the 'nasty man' comes to visit his son who lives a few doors

down I enjoy watching him trying to park elswhere especially when he

has to park some distance from my house. I enjoy it even more when

Dave has my car and the gap outside my house is empty.

> It also however made me realise that some people attitudes towards

disabled people have to change and that spurs me on to try and change

their attitudes.

> We have a saying 'don't get mad, get even'

> Love

> Sue

> The important thing is never to stop questioning.

> Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

> Freelance Writer and CMTer

>

> " I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found

myself, my work, and my God. " - Helen Keller

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: shannon marzinski

> @y...

> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:26 AM

> Subject: Re: [] Rude and abusive remarks

>

>

> Sue

>

> That would bother me...I don't know.

> I'd like to believe we live in a world where we all help

> each other and are willing to do small things that make

> a big difference.

> But we don't and some people don't care...

>

> Love

>

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Sue, This is probably the longest post I have ever written so bear with me,

You and Dave have much more patience than I have. When someone threatens to

end my life I take it very personal. Your neighbor sounds like a first class

jerk. Let me share a very sad situation that we have in California. In

America, our laws require an appropriate number of " handicapped spaces " in

all commercial buildings, parking lots, city streets and multifamily housing

such as apartments and condominiums. In order to legally park in one of

these spaces you must apply to the county you live in and once approved you

receive a placard that you can hang from your rear view mirror. As long as

this placard is hanging from the mirror no policeman will issue a citation

and no towing company will tow a car. You can even get a temporary placard

if you are temporarily disabled, (broken leg, foot surgery etc.).

Now for the sad part, many people without placards park in these spaces

every day and continue to do so until they are issued a citation, about

$300.00. The worst part of all is that these " handicapped placards " have

become a very hot item on the black market. Real ones are stolen and sold

for hundreds of dollars. Counterfeit placards sell for $150.00-$300.00 in

California. Why? Supply and Demand. We have thousands of lazy dishonest

citizens in Los Angeles alone. Over the last two years I have had two

personal experiences with this.

The first one happened shortly after I returned to live in LA. I found a gym

that I liked and began training there. This gym is part of a very large

fitness chain and this particular club is one of their flagship " high end

corporate type " facilities. The club is housed in the first 4 floors of a 35

story building in the San valley with 2 levels of underground

parking exclusively for the club. The club has eight handicapped spaces

closest to the private elevator that leads to the gym. During the first

month I became friendly with a man I met at the club named Tom, during our

conversations we realized we had a mutual friend Alan. Alan and I went to

high school together, Alan and Tom are both teachers at the same high

school. Small world. One evening at the gym Tom mentioned that he was

meeting Alan and his wife for dinner at a local restaurant and would I like

to join them, I agreed. We agreed that Tom would drive his van for

practicality sake. Tom uses a wheel chair due to a car accident that left

him paralyzed. We took the elevator down to the parking area where Tom was

parked in one of the eight handicapped spaces. To my surprise all eight

spaces were filled. I mentioned to Tom that this was strange because there

were only about 20 people using the gym that evening and it was a Friday and

the beginning of a 3 day holiday weekend. Tom told me that the spots were

almost always filled day and night and that he suspected something fishy. He

told me that he had been keeping a journal for the last several months,

logging the cars parked in these spaces, make, model and license numbers,

times etc. He also asked for my help in doing the same. Since I hit the gym

at different times of the day I agreed. After two weeks of logging cars for

Tom I found a definite pattern with 5 of the cars. Tom and I compared notes

and then Tom took his findings to the local police department. Several weeks

went by and he heard nothing and then the story hit the local newspaper. 14

people were arrested by local police along with the County sheriffs dept.

for numerous counts of vehicle fraud and possessing stolen property etc. It

seems that an investigation had been underway for months, now whether Tom's

evidence helped much or not we still don't know. What shook out though was

this, six executives of a financial company located in the building were

arrested, it seems that they were all parking illegally in the health clubs

handicapped spaces with stolen handicapped placards. Four of the buildings

parking attendants were arrested for trafficking in stolen handicapped

placards and setting these guys up. The other four arrested were the alleged

ring leaders. The most ironic part of all this is that six people, four men

and two women with high profile, well paying jobs risked all of it to save

them selves an extra 40 yards of walking twice a day. The last I heard three

had pleaded no contest and were sentenced to fines in the neighborhood of

$20,000 with no jail time. If I was the judge I would have thrown the book

at them.

Incident number 2 is much shorter,

Although I have mild CMT many of my family members are aware of my

condition. This past summer during a family camping trip one of my cousins

asked me why I did not have a handicapped placard. I told them I did not

need one end of story. Several weeks later this same cousins wife called me

and asked me if I would apply for a placard and then give it to her, I asked

her why she needed a handicapped placard since as far as I knew she had no

disability,(unless of course being an idiot counts.) Her reply: " well parking

places are so tough to get, you know " . I hung up the phone on her. Funny, I

didn't get a Christmas card from them this year, go figure.

Regards,

BC

----- Original Message -----

From: Sue Horder-Mason <sue@...>

< >

Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:29 PM

Subject: [] Rude and abusive remarks

> I came home on afternoon last summer on a particularly hot and

uncomfortable day to find that someone had parked right outside my house.

Now my neighbours know that is my parking space because it's about the only

one I can walk safely from with my crutches inside my house.

> I had to park across the road and further down. I did make it into my

house but collapsed on the door step and took a few minutes before I could

breather.

> Dave was very concerned and he suggested writing a politie note to the

driver and leaving it infront of his steering wheel because he'd left the

window open. At first I said no leave but after ten minutes or so of still

hurting I said go for it.

> Dave wrote and note and I checked it, it wasn't offensive or abusive in

anyway it just stated that I was disabled and I needed to park out side my

house and would he kindly remember this in future. Then he put it on the

front of this guys car.

> A few minutes later there was a pounding on our front door and Dave

answered it, it was the guy to who the car belonged too. His words were 'if

you stick your f***king hand in my car again I'll break your f***king neck.

> Dave who is by nature a lot more placid than me (you'll be pleased to

know) apologised that he'd upset him and began to explain exactly why he'd

written it.

> By this time I'd picked up my crutches and hobbled to the front door to

give Dave so moral support but the guy turned on me and said I had no right

to that parking space (which I didn't) and that I shouldn't play on my

f***king disablitiles.

> Well I'm sorry folks but I snapped at this point and said something like

'drop dead'. Okay I know I shouldn't have done so but the only reason I'd

been out that afternoon was because I had a meeting in a neighbouring town

and was representing my village (the same on this guy lives in) and we were

discussing possible ways of reducing crime in the area. I sit on the local

Parish Council.

> Anyway if this story isn't long enough to start with I decided to do

something about it. I got the members out from my County Council and

explained the situation and bless them I know have a disabled box outside my

house.

> I challenged someone about parking in the disabled/children's parking

space at a supermarket when neither of them were disabled or had children. I

followed them round the store after reporting them and totally hounded them.

When we got back they were just loading up and they also told me not to play

on my disabilities despite the fact I was sitting in a wheelchair. I took

their car registration number and put a letter in the local paper about it

and the paper printed both their reg number and the make and model of the

car.

> Maybe I'm a maverick and a potential trouble maker but I have rights and

the truth be known I would rather not have to shout and to be able to park

in normal parking spaces. But I can't and those who I catch abusing the

system I always offer to replace their legs with my wheelchair.

> Just for a laugh going back to the two women I argued with Dave was

absolutely terrified because the car I was driving he'd just bought me for

me and I'd picked it up from the showroom twenty minutes earlier but as far

as I was concerned I had insurance so I could afford to shout.

> Does this story worry you?

> It sure as hell worries my Dave - LOL

> Stand up and be counted, fight for your rights but any serious trouble get

the police or contact the media - it really does work.

> Love to all my CMT friends I'm proud to know you

> Sue X

> The important thing is never to stop questioning.

> Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

> Freelance Writer and CMTer

>

> " I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my

work, and my God. " - Helen Keller

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi All!

Like Bill, I too, live in California, but in San Francisco where parking

is a nightmare. I am more frightened of having my placard stolen then my

car!!!! I could get a disabled liscence plate, but I have a customized

plate (i.e. 'Vanity' Plate that I love) But it's one or the other, you

can't get a disabled plated if you have a 'personalized' plate - boy

they get you anyway they can!!!! Additionally, as Bill said the blue

disabled spots are in shopping, tourist or business, etc. areas. I live

in an area that is almost exclusively housing and there are NO

handicapped spaces anywhere. I asked a meter person once how I could get

one near my apartment building, he said it is a LOT of paper work and

could take years and then if you do get it, ANYONE can use it who has a

placard. If you are not familiar with the topography of San Francisco,

it is one giant hill after another. Some hills are so steep that my

fairly powerful electic wheelchair struggles to get up the hills and

since it is back heavy, due to the batteries, I must lean forward or the

chair, which already tips backwards onto the protective 'wheelie'bars,

WILL flip over backwards. Oh well, that's life in San Francisco - Oh,

Bill, by the way I am doing a job search in LA, so we may be neighbors

-lol

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!! May 'aught 2' or 2002, BE THE BEST EVER

FOR ALL OF US!!!!

PEACE & LOTS OF LOVE,

Judy g.

" Bill , Digitec Security " wrote:

> Sue, This is probably the longest post I have ever written so bear

> with me,

> You and Dave have much more patience than I have. When someone

> threatens to

> end my life I take it very personal. Your neighbor sounds like a first

> class

> jerk. Let me share a very sad situation that we have in California.

> In

> America, our laws require an appropriate number of " handicapped

> spaces " in

> all commercial buildings, parking lots, city streets and multifamily

> housing

> such as apartments and condominiums. In order to legally park in one

> of

> these spaces you must apply to the county you live in and once

> approved you

> receive a placard that you can hang from your rear view mirror. As

> long as

> this placard is hanging from the mirror no policeman will issue a

> citation

> and no towing company will tow a car. You can even get a temporary

> placard

> if you are temporarily disabled, (broken leg, foot surgery etc.).

>

> Now for the sad part, many people without placards park in these

> spaces

> every day and continue to do so until they are issued a citation,

> about

> $300.00. The worst part of all is that these " handicapped placards "

> have

> become a very hot item on the black market. Real ones are stolen and

> sold

> for hundreds of dollars. Counterfeit placards sell for $150.00-$300.00

> in

> California. Why? Supply and Demand. We have thousands of lazy

> dishonest

> citizens in Los Angeles alone. Over the last two years I have had two

> personal experiences with this.

> The first one happened shortly after I returned to live in LA. I found

> a gym

> that I liked and began training there. This gym is part of a very

> large

> fitness chain and this particular club is one of their flagship " high

> end

> corporate type " facilities. The club is housed in the first 4 floors

> of a 35

> story building in the San valley with 2 levels of underground

>

> parking exclusively for the club. The club has eight handicapped

> spaces

> closest to the private elevator that leads to the gym. During the

> first

> month I became friendly with a man I met at the club named Tom, during

> our

> conversations we realized we had a mutual friend Alan. Alan and I went

> to

> high school together, Alan and Tom are both teachers at the same high

> school. Small world. One evening at the gym Tom mentioned that he was

> meeting Alan and his wife for dinner at a local restaurant and would I

> like

> to join them, I agreed. We agreed that Tom would drive his van for

> practicality sake. Tom uses a wheel chair due to a car accident that

> left

> him paralyzed. We took the elevator down to the parking area where Tom

> was

> parked in one of the eight handicapped spaces. To my surprise all

> eight

> spaces were filled. I mentioned to Tom that this was strange because

> there

> were only about 20 people using the gym that evening and it was a

> Friday and

> the beginning of a 3 day holiday weekend. Tom told me that the spots

> were

> almost always filled day and night and that he suspected something

> fishy. He

> told me that he had been keeping a journal for the last several

> months,

> logging the cars parked in these spaces, make, model and license

> numbers,

> times etc. He also asked for my help in doing the same. Since I hit

> the gym

> at different times of the day I agreed. After two weeks of logging

> cars for

> Tom I found a definite pattern with 5 of the cars. Tom and I compared

> notes

> and then Tom took his findings to the local police department. Several

> weeks

> went by and he heard nothing and then the story hit the local

> newspaper. 14

> people were arrested by local police along with the County sheriffs

> dept.

> for numerous counts of vehicle fraud and possessing stolen property

> etc. It

> seems that an investigation had been underway for months, now whether

> Tom's

> evidence helped much or not we still don't know. What shook out though

> was

> this, six executives of a financial company located in the building

> were

> arrested, it seems that they were all parking illegally in the health

> clubs

> handicapped spaces with stolen handicapped placards. Four of the

> buildings

> parking attendants were arrested for trafficking in stolen handicapped

>

> placards and setting these guys up. The other four arrested were the

> alleged

> ring leaders. The most ironic part of all this is that six people,

> four men

> and two women with high profile, well paying jobs risked all of it to

> save

> them selves an extra 40 yards of walking twice a day. The last I heard

> three

> had pleaded no contest and were sentenced to fines in the neighborhood

> of

> $20,000 with no jail time. If I was the judge I would have thrown the

> book

> at them.

>

> Incident number 2 is much shorter,

> Although I have mild CMT many of my family members are aware of my

> condition. This past summer during a family camping trip one of my

> cousins

> asked me why I did not have a handicapped placard. I told them I did

> not

> need one end of story. Several weeks later this same cousins wife

> called me

> and asked me if I would apply for a placard and then give it to her, I

> asked

> her why she needed a handicapped placard since as far as I knew she

> had no

> disability,(unless of course being an idiot counts.) Her reply: " well

> parking

> places are so tough to get, you know " . I hung up the phone on her.

> Funny, I

> didn't get a Christmas card from them this year, go figure.

> Regards,

> BC

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Sue Horder-Mason <sue@...>

> < >

> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:29 PM

> Subject: [] Rude and abusive remarks

>

>

> > I came home on afternoon last summer on a particularly hot and

> uncomfortable day to find that someone had parked right outside my

> house.

> Now my neighbours know that is my parking space because it's about the

> only

> one I can walk safely from with my crutches inside my house.

> > I had to park across the road and further down. I did make it into

> my

> house but collapsed on the door step and took a few minutes before I

> could

> breather.

> > Dave was very concerned and he suggested writing a politie note to

> the

> driver and leaving it infront of his steering wheel because he'd left

> the

> window open. At first I said no leave but after ten minutes or so of

> still

> hurting I said go for it.

> > Dave wrote and note and I checked it, it wasn't offensive or abusive

> in

> anyway it just stated that I was disabled and I needed to park out

> side my

> house and would he kindly remember this in future. Then he put it on

> the

> front of this guys car.

> > A few minutes later there was a pounding on our front door and Dave

> answered it, it was the guy to who the car belonged too. His words

> were 'if

> you stick your f***king hand in my car again I'll break your f***king

> neck.

> > Dave who is by nature a lot more placid than me (you'll be pleased

> to

> know) apologised that he'd upset him and began to explain exactly why

> he'd

> written it.

> > By this time I'd picked up my crutches and hobbled to the front door

> to

> give Dave so moral support but the guy turned on me and said I had no

> right

> to that parking space (which I didn't) and that I shouldn't play on my

>

> f***king disablitiles.

> > Well I'm sorry folks but I snapped at this point and said something

> like

> 'drop dead'. Okay I know I shouldn't have done so but the only reason

> I'd

> been out that afternoon was because I had a meeting in a neighbouring

> town

> and was representing my village (the same on this guy lives in) and we

> were

> discussing possible ways of reducing crime in the area. I sit on the

> local

> Parish Council.

> > Anyway if this story isn't long enough to start with I decided to do

>

> something about it. I got the members out from my County Council and

> explained the situation and bless them I know have a disabled box

> outside my

> house.

> > I challenged someone about parking in the disabled/children's

> parking

> space at a supermarket when neither of them were disabled or had

> children. I

> followed them round the store after reporting them and totally hounded

> them.

> When we got back they were just loading up and they also told me not

> to play

> on my disabilities despite the fact I was sitting in a wheelchair. I

> took

> their car registration number and put a letter in the local paper

> about it

> and the paper printed both their reg number and the make and model of

> the

> car.

> > Maybe I'm a maverick and a potential trouble maker but I have rights

> and

> the truth be known I would rather not have to shout and to be able to

> park

> in normal parking spaces. But I can't and those who I catch abusing

> the

> system I always offer to replace their legs with my wheelchair.

> > Just for a laugh going back to the two women I argued with Dave was

> absolutely terrified because the car I was driving he'd just bought me

> for

> me and I'd picked it up from the showroom twenty minutes earlier but

> as far

> as I was concerned I had insurance so I could afford to shout.

> > Does this story worry you?

> > It sure as hell worries my Dave - LOL

> > Stand up and be counted, fight for your rights but any serious

> trouble get

> the police or contact the media - it really does work.

> > Love to all my CMT friends I'm proud to know you

> > Sue X

> > The important thing is never to stop questioning.

> > Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

> > Freelance Writer and CMTer

> >

> > " I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found

> myself, my

> work, and my God. " - Helen Keller

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Sue;

While I can understand your reasons for painting the symbol infront of

your house, I really wish you hadn't. All you're really doing is

reinforcing some jerks angry diatribe against " those worthless criples " .

He probably wouldn't bother you again but SOMEBODY is gonna catch H#LL

from im in the future as a result of your paint job.

Don't crouch behind the curtains giggling: don't " get even " : HE isn't

worth it !!!!!

Mike

end

ggddaaee

Domine, libera nos a Celtae furore.

Sed praesepe, Domine, a humore eorum.

Sgian Dubh

[Guest guest]

I can't stay away.

I hear what you're saying Mike but the whole incident actually highlighted the

situation I was in. As I have to park my car on the road unless I can park

outside the house I can't walk from the car to the house so the only way I could

guarantee being able to use my car was to have a designated parking space.

Otherwise I'd have to hope that someone was in and ring up on my mobile to ask

them to come out, get my wheelchair out the boot and push me into the house and

if no one was home - well I'd just have to wait.

It's one of those situation when there are two ways of looking at things and I

really didn't have a choice. But anyway it's now resolved and other than once he

drove out in front of me I've had no problems.

Thanks though for your thoughts. Have a super new year

Love

Sue

The important thing is never to stop questioning.

Website www.horder-mason.freeserve.co.uk

Freelance Writer and CMTer

" I Thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work,

and my God. " - Helen Keller

----- Original Message -----

From: iron-dyespin@...

Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:43 PM

Subject: [] Re: Rude and Abusive Remarks

Sue;

While I can understand your reasons for painting the symbol infront of

your house, I really wish you hadn't. All you're really doing is

reinforcing some jerks angry diatribe against " those worthless criples " .

He probably wouldn't bother you again but SOMEBODY is gonna catch H#LL

from im in the future as a result of your paint job.

Don't crouch behind the curtains giggling: don't " get even " : HE isn't

worth it !!!!!

Mike

end

ggddaaee

Domine, libera nos a Celtae furore.

Sed praesepe, Domine, a humore eorum.

Sgian Dubh

[Guest guest]

I run intro those people who talk to you as a simpleton and more volume when

they see me in my chair, but then want you to hurry because they think you

are slower in a chair they wouldn't like to be in line with me without my

chair then I'm really slow. They complain but also don't help you if you need

it. Thank God for my grandchildren who voice their opinion to those ignorant

people. Haven't been on lately to much cooking and full house daily because

of the Holidays. Thanks again for Grandchildren they are better understanding

then most adults that I encounter He a nice New Years and pray for new and

better treatments and more under standing people Stout

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 04:23:58 EST LldyBg013@... writes:

Thanks again for Grandchildren they are better

> understanding

> then most adults that I encounter He a nice New Years and pray for

> new and

> better treatments and more under standing people Stout

I have to say, that in my eyes kids are the most helpful and

understanding.

Not necessarily teenagers but children in elementry school truly care and

are understanding. I am the oldest of 4 kids and my younger siblings

really try to take care of me. I have a 14 year old brother, 10 year

sister, and

4 year old sister. To tell you the truth, Abby (my 4 year old sister), is

the most

understanding. Whenever I fall on my ankle, she brings me ice. When I

cry, (which

happens sometimes at home if I'm frustrated or after a doctor's

appointment) little

Abby comes and gives me a hug and tells me she loves me. She's my little

angel.

Also, before I was on medication for leg cramps, when my legs would

cramp, all 3

of my bro and sisters would help me by maneuvering my legs. They are

great. We

do fight sometimes, this is not to say we're perfect (haha) (what

siblings don't) but

they are really great and are there when I need them.....The angels in my

home.

Also, I have a lot of younger friends at church, around ten or eleven. I

have to say, it's

hard to explain but I get along with them, not in the same way as my same

age friends

but in a different way, because they care. Like they wait for me when

I've sprained my ankle

and write me little poems and cards. also, unlike some of the teens in

our church, they

don't act like I am any lower than they are, my younger friends just

accept me. They treat me

like I'm their big sister and they don't let my CMT block their eyes to

see me as a equal person

and a good friend.

Kids are the greatest. I think that's why I want to be an elementry

school teacher. Sometimes they

can be...not so great....but really they open their eyes, see the world,

and embrace it. That's why I'm

planning on Lutheran Elementry Education....Anyways, just thought I'd

share that.

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