Bill,
I don't even know the story of how this list came to be, but I'm so glad
it's here. Ron put it ever so eloquently, but he expresses my own sentiments
as well. Thank you for making this place for us. It's become very important
to me in a very short time.....
Torie
San Francisco
At 11:21 AM 1/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>Thank you, Bill, for making this correspondence possible. It is growing by
>leaps and bounds. I don't think I have ever thanked you directly for this
>forum. Like all good organizers, you keep a low profile, jumping in when
>necessary but letting the words pour forth unimpeded from those who want to
>take part in what I have come to think of as a brand new kind of family: a
>family of minds. We do not know the faces of those who are reaching out to us,
>and vice versa; we cannot shake hands. But we can perhaps shake minds...
>
>The exchanges over the holidays have been deeply involving and rewarding, a
>fascinating mixture of good wishes, candid descriptions of medical histories,
>expressions of faith, hope and fear. It is a privilege to have found this
>place, to have met all these fellow travelers. Even if we are blessed in our
>personal lives, however many relatives and friends give us love and support,
>the fact is that we who share this condition can talk to each other in a way
>that we can talk to no others. I may be poor as a church mouse, but I may be
>talking to millionaire, and not know it: in our anonymity we touch in a way
>that was not possible before cyberspace came along. Who would have thought an
>electronic network would have given us this opportunity to be so very
>personal?
>
>Thanks again, Bill. You are giving us a special kind of freedom.
>
>I hope the New Year brings you great well-being and personal satisfaction.
>
>-- Ron
>
>
>
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