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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: wonderful life
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 17:44:15 GMT
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- kitten:
- >>
- >>anyway, this movie, as you all know, poses the question: what would
- >>the world be like if i had never been born? i sort of experienced
- >>this first hand, like jimmy stewart, when i was not conscious for 16
- >>days... it was like i wasn't in the world...
-
- >Merlinvin's curiosity is piqued. "My friend, I have never had the
- >misfortune to be unconscious for so long - could you tell us, perhaps,
- >where you thought or felt you were, if not in the world?"
-
- kitten curls up and sips at her eggnog. "i will probably relay the
- whole story again in march on the 21st! anniversary of my
- accident....but here is the reader's digest version. i rolled a car
- (a 1970 rambler rebel) about a quarter mile into a field 2 days before
- my 17th birthday...suffered rather sever brain damage ... that's why i
- don't do math :)....they told me all sorts of horrible things but
- (ever the stubborn kitten) i said bullshit and was out of the hospital
- in time for prom, started the fall semester with my class...etc.
-
- [ ] kitten blithering deleted
-
- >"Only 8 times out of 10? Well, I guess that just shows you're not
- >perfect, unlike Saint Liralen." (ducks quickly)
-
- >"Seriously, you've got a whole Place full of friends who have been blessed
- >by knowing you, sharing your wisdom and basking in your love. If you're
- >even half as great a person in RL, you've got even more friends and loved
- >ones out there."
-
- >"The hardest part is convincing yourself of this truth on those dark days
- >when nothing seems to be working and all those you love are too angry,
- >or too busy, to take the time to tell you how lovable and loved you are.
- >I thank God for this Place, where *somebody* always has a shoulder and a
- >warm fuzzy for the wounded in spirit."
-
- i know that....my life is much richer for being in here...and i have
- LOTS of people who love me outside here too...sometimes i have to get
- reminded to count my blessings....
-
- >Merlinvin offers kitten a drink, a hug, a backrub and an earscritch as
- >appropriate, not necessarily in that order.
-
- any and all are appropriate........PURRRRRRRRRR!
-
- and thanks
-
- --
- ***************************************************************************
- conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten /\ /\ barbara ann
- "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?" {=.=}
- ~ trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
- "love is the wild card of existance"
- rita mae brown
-
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