i think this--- when someone is at a real real high level of expertise in an area, and someone is totally ignorant. That people in the middle of the spectrum, closer to lee's level were a delight to her. Whereas people clueless who would dare argue a point, oh my gosh she had zero tolerance for that. She was very rude to me a couple of times, just bit my head off, but I dared argue. I once posted that her book picture of a stepping pace looked exactly like her book picture of another gait, some nice one I forget. Oh man she just flipped out all grouchy about that. Turns out I had not read the text and it talked about the set down, not just the pick up or vice versa. But at the very end, when she didnt yet know she had Gherigs disease, she posted she had maybe carpal tunnel and they were doing tests. I called her because at the time I was driving 200 miles a day to and from work and my fingers would go dead and I thought I had carpal tunnel. We chatted and turns out we had identical symptoms.
So we sorta had that common bond at the end and then when she found out what it was I was terrified because I have an aunt, one i most physically resemble, die of Gherigs disease. And Lee went so quickly once she found out, way way quicker than most. it took my aunt like five years to die. She spent two years in a rest home only able to blink her eyes. Lee took what, six months? from walking to death. so at the end I had a beautiful gift from the universe in that I had some wonderful gentle conversations with her and I realized then she just had a grouchy intolerance if you argued with her about something she knew a lot about... Liz Graves is as smart as Lee about gait to me, and she is very loving and after a clinic with her you not only learn a lot but feel full of self esteem. She is sorta the opposite of Lee, but Lee left a lot of her lifes work for Liz to carry on. janice -- yipie tie yie yo
