RE: W-Theraputic Approach

March 1, 2006

is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far using

" Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to think

new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

self.

Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

conclusions?

Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd love

to go to one.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far using

" Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to think

new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

self.

Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

conclusions?

Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd love

to go to one.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

>If I consider my experience with yoga and nutrition, just making those

simple changes can enhance my neuro functioning and improve my thinking, my

emotions, my whole state of being. Nothing in my structure or form changed.

It was simply a change in the efficiency and effectiveness of my function.<

I realize that I am coming at your on-going conversations from a different

direction,

maybe from the opposite direction. But I absolutely believe there have been

significant

changes in your structure and form. I can say that from personal experience,

and that of others, and not just theory. It has to be so, as all systems are

open-ended, inter-connected and inter-dependent.

I saw the rest of your message as saying exactly that.

And it is because of that, as U say, that we can have so much hope for the

fruits of our endeavors.

We're on the same page, really. I have, however, been periodically

introducing another avenue of approach that hasn't received much attention yet.

One of the core precepts of this holistic approach is that " if the tree is

sick, one would not heal it by attending to the leaves, you would heal it at

the root. " By nurturing the root. the fact that it is " whole-istic " doesn't

mean its not practical.

It's scientific basis is quantum physics, and a grasp of that takes time.

I have much more free time than U do, and I'm still very far behind in my

studies.

But when I mention it, it is for the same purpose as every other discussion,

for the continued well-being of our children. I get really excited about it,

because I see each of us working towards the same goals from our individual

strengths, and then coming together and sharing, and pushing and encouraging

each other to greater knowledge. I love it!

Peace,

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

>If I consider my experience with yoga and nutrition, just making those

simple changes can enhance my neuro functioning and improve my thinking, my

emotions, my whole state of being. Nothing in my structure or form changed.

It was simply a change in the efficiency and effectiveness of my function.<

I realize that I am coming at your on-going conversations from a different

direction,

maybe from the opposite direction. But I absolutely believe there have been

significant

changes in your structure and form. I can say that from personal experience,

and that of others, and not just theory. It has to be so, as all systems are

open-ended, inter-connected and inter-dependent.

I saw the rest of your message as saying exactly that.

And it is because of that, as U say, that we can have so much hope for the

fruits of our endeavors.

We're on the same page, really. I have, however, been periodically

introducing another avenue of approach that hasn't received much attention yet.

One of the core precepts of this holistic approach is that " if the tree is

sick, one would not heal it by attending to the leaves, you would heal it at

the root. " By nurturing the root. the fact that it is " whole-istic " doesn't

mean its not practical.

It's scientific basis is quantum physics, and a grasp of that takes time.

I have much more free time than U do, and I'm still very far behind in my

studies.

But when I mention it, it is for the same purpose as every other discussion,

for the continued well-being of our children. I get really excited about it,

because I see each of us working towards the same goals from our individual

strengths, and then coming together and sharing, and pushing and encouraging

each other to greater knowledge. I love it!

Peace,

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

>If I consider my experience with yoga and nutrition, just making those

simple changes can enhance my neuro functioning and improve my thinking, my

emotions, my whole state of being. Nothing in my structure or form changed.

It was simply a change in the efficiency and effectiveness of my function.<

I realize that I am coming at your on-going conversations from a different

direction,

maybe from the opposite direction. But I absolutely believe there have been

significant

changes in your structure and form. I can say that from personal experience,

and that of others, and not just theory. It has to be so, as all systems are

open-ended, inter-connected and inter-dependent.

I saw the rest of your message as saying exactly that.

And it is because of that, as U say, that we can have so much hope for the

fruits of our endeavors.

We're on the same page, really. I have, however, been periodically

introducing another avenue of approach that hasn't received much attention yet.

One of the core precepts of this holistic approach is that " if the tree is

sick, one would not heal it by attending to the leaves, you would heal it at

the root. " By nurturing the root. the fact that it is " whole-istic " doesn't

mean its not practical.

It's scientific basis is quantum physics, and a grasp of that takes time.

I have much more free time than U do, and I'm still very far behind in my

studies.

But when I mention it, it is for the same purpose as every other discussion,

for the continued well-being of our children. I get really excited about it,

because I see each of us working towards the same goals from our individual

strengths, and then coming together and sharing, and pushing and encouraging

each other to greater knowledge. I love it!

Peace,

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

Colleen-

We have seen a neuropsych here in town and she was adamant that we had to

continue with neuropsych. If you think about Kim's description of the

wiring being the problem, then you realize you need an electrician to work

on the wiring. Since Aubrie was tiny and we saw Judith Bluestone briefly at

a conference, I have known in my gut that this was the " missing piece " to

understanding Aubrie. All of her quirks and stuff that I can't understand

come from this. Her gears click, but in a way that I've never seen in other

kids. Go to this dr's website: www.childhealthlearn.org. When I read it,

I thought it seemed like exactly what we need. We need to understand the

way her gears click and the way her wiring works so we can either help to

rewire or support her to be successful with the way things work. Our kids'

problems can't be helped by traditional approaches to autism, OCD, etc -- in

my opinion. Someone needs to look deeper to see the whole picture. At the

surface, they may look like something the dr has seen before -- but a deep

look will show the subtle nuances that make them different. It may turn out

that a traditional approach will help, but it's not a given. Does that make

sense? It's hard for me to make sense when I'm just at the tip of

understanding myself.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

March 1, 2006

OH-- Colleen-- of course you can call me. My home number is .

Our cell phone is Cingular so if you are Cingular as well, we could talk for

free -- . If you call at a time when I can't give my full

attention, I'll let you know and we'll plan to call again.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

March 1, 2006

Michele,

Sounds like you have found a great place. When she refers in the following

quote to Systems Theory - that is what I refer to when I talk about wiring -

how all the processes come together. Then when she talks about adaptability

- that is what I mean when I wrote to about the vagal response and the

" organisms " response to stressors. Nice to have the professional wording on

it to support the simplistic way I explain it to myself. Oh I would love to

go back to school now and not in 3 1/2 more years!

http://www.childhealthlearn.org/Pediatric%20Neuro%20Systems.pdf

³The focus of Neuro-Systems Analysis and Neuro-Systems Therapy is a systemic

understanding of the brain¹s cerebral organization and psychological

structure and dynamics. The brain is not just an assembly of

interconnections of genes, proteins, structure, chemicals and electrical

activity... Understanding these components and interconnections of the brain

system is very important, yet not sufficient enough to understand the

complexity of this organ. Systems Theory focuses upon the patterns and

relationships among these components and interconnections. It focuses upon

how the various brain areas and functional processes interact and how they

change throughout development and how changes in one part of the system can

affect other parts. This theoretical framework, based upon Systems Biology,

highlights the brain as a very dynamic and complex system. Robustness is an

essential property of all biological systems. The brain is certainly the

most robust of biological systems. The brain is the only organ in the human

system that learns. A major property of any robust system is adaptation, the

ability to cope with environmental and intra-organism changes.

Neuro-Systems Analysis and Neuro-Systems Therapy promote a highly

specialized understanding of the working relationship of multiple brain

areas and the working relationship of multiple learning functions associated

with these areas. This systems approach allows for a heightened

understanding of the properties of learning, particularly adaptation, growth

and performance. The better we understand the brain, at a biological systems

level, the better we understand how to improve brain performance. For

analogy purposes, we can ask ourselves, how can one improve the performance

of any function without understanding the dynamic systems process of the

function. It would be like tasting a gourmet meal, knowing what the

individual component ingredients are, but yet not knowing the process and

interaction among the ingredients resulting in the meal that tantalizes the

palate. To replicate or improve the gourmet dish, we must understand the

process involved.²

Reading back over this it also helps explain why traditional approaches are

not always enough look at the line I went back and put in italics most

disciplines focus on one piece of all of this. Medically we look to see if

each of these has apparent abnormalities, does the MRI show changes in brain

structure, does the EEG show changes in electrical activities and so on,

does this medication that adjusts this chemical lead to the change we want

if the diagnostics show that everything is ³fine² or they are given the

³right² medication, then we presume that function should be fine. But

simply observing our children, we can see the quirks in the system that get

in the way of the learning and know it is not fine we see our kids

struggle as a result. I am looking forward to hearing more about what this

doctor helps you understand about Aubrie.

Kim

> Colleen-

> We have seen a neuropsych here in town and she was adamant that we had to

> continue with neuropsych. If you think about Kim's description of the

> wiring being the problem, then you realize you need an electrician to work

> on the wiring. Since Aubrie was tiny and we saw Judith Bluestone briefly at

> a conference, I have known in my gut that this was the " missing piece " to

> understanding Aubrie. All of her quirks and stuff that I can't understand

> come from this. Her gears click, but in a way that I've never seen in other

> kids. Go to this dr's website: www.childhealthlearn.org. When I read it,

> I thought it seemed like exactly what we need. We need to understand the

> way her gears click and the way her wiring works so we can either help to

> rewire or support her to be successful with the way things work. Our kids'

> problems can't be helped by traditional approaches to autism, OCD, etc -- in

> my opinion. Someone needs to look deeper to see the whole picture. At the

> surface, they may look like something the dr has seen before -- but a deep

> look will show the subtle nuances that make them different. It may turn out

> that a traditional approach will help, but it's not a given. Does that make

> sense? It's hard for me to make sense when I'm just at the tip of

> understanding myself.

>

> Michele W

> mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

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Kim-

Your input is so valuable to me. I am very excited to find out what we'll

learn. We talked about brain imaging. I've been interested in seeing the

new scans of autistic brains compared to scans of CHARGE brains. I'm

guessing there would be significant differences. The dr said a scan may be

something we'd decide we're interested in after all the evals. But she also

said she'd be able to tell us everything that any scan would show -- the

scans would just put a visual to it. So I am expecting great things from

this woman. I hope I'm not naïve in my expectations!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

March 1, 2006

Kim-

Your input is so valuable to me. I am very excited to find out what we'll

learn. We talked about brain imaging. I've been interested in seeing the

new scans of autistic brains compared to scans of CHARGE brains. I'm

guessing there would be significant differences. The dr said a scan may be

something we'd decide we're interested in after all the evals. But she also

said she'd be able to tell us everything that any scan would show -- the

scans would just put a visual to it. So I am expecting great things from

this woman. I hope I'm not naïve in my expectations!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

March 1, 2006

Kim-

Your input is so valuable to me. I am very excited to find out what we'll

learn. We talked about brain imaging. I've been interested in seeing the

new scans of autistic brains compared to scans of CHARGE brains. I'm

guessing there would be significant differences. The dr said a scan may be

something we'd decide we're interested in after all the evals. But she also

said she'd be able to tell us everything that any scan would show -- the

scans would just put a visual to it. So I am expecting great things from

this woman. I hope I'm not naïve in my expectations!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

March 1, 2006

Michele,

Naïve is expecting her to make the CHARGE syndrome go away, but expecting to

learn more effective ways to help Aubrie learn and function, I think you are

right on! I will be curious to see how the program she comes up with

compares to what a HANDLE program might be and what the focus of each would

be.

Kim

> Kim-

> Your input is so valuable to me. I am very excited to find out what we'll

> learn. We talked about brain imaging. I've been interested in seeing the

> new scans of autistic brains compared to scans of CHARGE brains. I'm

> guessing there would be significant differences. The dr said a scan may be

> something we'd decide we're interested in after all the evals. But she also

> said she'd be able to tell us everything that any scan would show -- the

> scans would just put a visual to it. So I am expecting great things from

> this woman. I hope I'm not naïve in my expectations!

>

> Michele W

> mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

>

> CHARGE SYNDROME LISTSERV PHOTO PAGE:

> http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2117043995

>

> Membership of this email support groups does not constitute membership in the

> CHARGE Syndrome Foundation or CHARGE Syndrome Canada.

> For information about the CHARGE Syndrome

> Foundation or to become a member (and get the newsletter),

> please contact marion@... or visit

> the web site at http://www.chargesyndrome.org

> (CHARGE Syndrome Canada - http://www.chargesyndrome.ca)

>

> 8th International

> CHARGE Syndrome Conference, July, 2007. Information will be available at

> www.chargesyndrome.org or by calling 1-.

>

March 1, 2006

-

Yes, I think it is the Pet or Pec scans that I've heard of. I honestly

can't remember the name, but you are surely thinking the same thing. " Does

a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind? " Wouldn't you

think not? There are many people with " normal " brain form who are not

functioning well -- whether it be social, emotional, intellectual... It

seems to me that there is way more to it than simply form or the physical

structures. That's what makes it an exciting area -- we can make real

change at any stage in the game because the brain is so complex and so

malleable. It seems to me that the more streamlined and efficient the

neuropathways, the more " together " a persons behavior and emotions. That's

just a laypersons naïve expectation. I've learned along the way that what

seems to be common sense to me can be negated by things outside my

understanding or perception so I may find a reason that that is not true.

If I consider my experience with yoga and nutrition, just making those

simple changes can enhance my neuro functioning and improve my thinking, my

emotions, my whole state of being. Nothing in my structure or form changed.

It was simply a change in the efficiency and effectiveness of my function.

Did I tell you guys that the dr also gave me a nutrition contact? She said

something to the effect that nutrition wouldn't be a " cure " but that

nutrition can effect a person with such a delicate system. We all know that

our kids respond to things in an unpredictable and heightened way --

different than the way we and others respond to the same stimuli. Food

would be the same. I've always believed that but didn't have a way to

figure out what to do to make a difference and to understand how these

things affect Aubrie. I have no idea the cost and effort involved in

following this path, but I plan to give it a go when I have the energy to

move in that direction.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

Re: W-Theraputic Approach

is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far

using

" Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to

think

new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

self.

Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

conclusions?

Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd

love

to go to one.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

March 1, 2006

Okay - this one is deep for even me, and you know I think deep - it

gets into the neuroscience part and is what makes me want to stick to

neuropsych when I go to school.

What I do know from Dylan is that he needs HANDLE, but he also needs his

Cranial Sacral Therapy. The CST changes the structure, which enhances his

HANDLE work and his function.

I will leave you with that to ponder for the day and hope that most of the

list has tuned out for this one.

Kim

> is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

> I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far using

> " Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

> HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

> and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to think

> new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

> I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

> self.

> Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

> What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

> Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

> conclusions?

> Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

> hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd love

> to go to one.

>

> in Ma.

> Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

> years now)

>

March 1, 2006

Okay - this one is deep for even me, and you know I think deep - it

gets into the neuroscience part and is what makes me want to stick to

neuropsych when I go to school.

What I do know from Dylan is that he needs HANDLE, but he also needs his

Cranial Sacral Therapy. The CST changes the structure, which enhances his

HANDLE work and his function.

I will leave you with that to ponder for the day and hope that most of the

list has tuned out for this one.

Kim

> is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

> I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far using

> " Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

> HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

> and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to think

> new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

> I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

> self.

> Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

> What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

> Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

> conclusions?

> Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

> hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd love

> to go to one.

>

> in Ma.

> Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

> years now)

>

March 1, 2006

Michele - This is certainly true with Dylan - as his system became more

" organized " with HANDLE his function took off.

Then - your example of the group of girls patterning (modeling) the

skills happened for Dylan in his classroom - a year after HANDLE, so the

improved function was then given a model to follow and he is learning by

leaps and bounds this year. Before HANDLE he could have been with the same

kids, but didn't have the efficiency in his own body to make use of their

patterning - does that make sense/

Kim

> It seems to me that the more streamlined and efficient the

> neuropathways, the more " together " a persons behavior and emotions.

March 1, 2006

Kim-

Makes perfect sense and is a great example.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

Re: W-Theraputic Approach

Michele - This is certainly true with Dylan - as his system became more

" organized " with HANDLE his function took off.

Then - your example of the group of girls patterning (modeling) the

skills happened for Dylan in his classroom - a year after HANDLE, so the

improved function was then given a model to follow and he is learning by

leaps and bounds this year. Before HANDLE he could have been with the same

kids, but didn't have the efficiency in his own body to make use of their

patterning - does that make sense/

Kim

March 1, 2006

Kim-

Makes perfect sense and is a great example.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

Re: W-Theraputic Approach

Michele - This is certainly true with Dylan - as his system became more

" organized " with HANDLE his function took off.

Then - your example of the group of girls patterning (modeling) the

skills happened for Dylan in his classroom - a year after HANDLE, so the

improved function was then given a model to follow and he is learning by

leaps and bounds this year. Before HANDLE he could have been with the same

kids, but didn't have the efficiency in his own body to make use of their

patterning - does that make sense/

Kim

March 1, 2006

Kim-

Makes perfect sense and is a great example.

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

Re: W-Theraputic Approach

Michele - This is certainly true with Dylan - as his system became more

" organized " with HANDLE his function took off.

Then - your example of the group of girls patterning (modeling) the

skills happened for Dylan in his classroom - a year after HANDLE, so the

improved function was then given a model to follow and he is learning by

leaps and bounds this year. Before HANDLE he could have been with the same

kids, but didn't have the efficiency in his own body to make use of their

patterning - does that make sense/

Kim

March 1, 2006

Michele,

I, too, loved the

> " Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind? " phrase.

>

pam

Pamela J. , M.A., CAGS

Licensed Educational Psychologist

Perkins School for the Blind, Deafblind Program

175 North Beacon St.

Watertown, MA 02472

> ----------

> From: CHARGE on behalf of Michele Westmaas

> Reply To: CHARGE

> Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2006 11:01 AM

> To: CHARGE

> Subject: RE: W-Theraputic Approach

>

> -

> Yes, I think it is the Pet or Pec scans that I've heard of. I honestly

> can't remember the name, but you are surely thinking the same thing. Wouldn't

you

> think not? There are many people with " normal " brain form who are not

> functioning well -- whether it be social, emotional, intellectual... It

> seems to me that there is way more to it than simply form or the physical

> structures. That's what makes it an exciting area -- we can make real

> change at any stage in the game because the brain is so complex and so

> malleable. It seems to me that the more streamlined and efficient the

> neuropathways, the more " together " a persons behavior and emotions. That's

> just a laypersons naïve expectation. I've learned along the way that what

> seems to be common sense to me can be negated by things outside my

> understanding or perception so I may find a reason that that is not true.

>

> If I consider my experience with yoga and nutrition, just making those

> simple changes can enhance my neuro functioning and improve my thinking, my

> emotions, my whole state of being. Nothing in my structure or form changed.

> It was simply a change in the efficiency and effectiveness of my function.

>

> Did I tell you guys that the dr also gave me a nutrition contact? She said

> something to the effect that nutrition wouldn't be a " cure " but that

> nutrition can effect a person with such a delicate system. We all know that

> our kids respond to things in an unpredictable and heightened way --

> different than the way we and others respond to the same stimuli. Food

> would be the same. I've always believed that but didn't have a way to

> figure out what to do to make a difference and to understand how these

> things affect Aubrie. I have no idea the cost and effort involved in

> following this path, but I plan to give it a go when I have the energy to

> move in that direction.

>

> Michele W

> mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

>

> Re: W-Theraputic Approach

>

> is she referring to a PET scan? I was going to ask about it this morning.

> I've been working on a deliniation of what we have accomplished so far

> using

> " Form follows Function " as the governing principle.

> HANDLE fits right in as a most valuable tool for creating new neuropaths,

> and allowing for new skills. Will that interpolate into an ability to

> think

> new thoughts? To conceptualize social dynamics? I'd like to find out.

> I'm trying to get this thesis to project into behaviors, into the emotional

>

> self.

> Does a perfectly formed brain render a perfectly functioning mind?

> What modalities do we employ to teach appropriate emotional response?

> Especially when we aren't privy to their private thoughts, opinions, and

> conclusions?

> Oh well, Michele, as much as you've been traveling, and doing meetings, I

> hope you can get to that HANDLE group. My guess is you'll love it. I'd

> love

> to go to one.

>

> in Ma.

> Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

> years now)

>

March 1, 2006