I too, count my blessings! The way I look at it--I was going my way down the hiway of life, then got bumped to a differernt hiway. I've met people I never would have otherwise, done things I never would have, seen things I never would have. I still believe in guardian angels--if they had not been around, I might not be here now. Life has been good, bad, maddening, happy, serene, caotic (sp?) aggravating and satisfying. I feel lucky to have the movement I have and most of all, I thank God I can "talk"!! I never realised how important that was! These days I usually don't even remember my "anniversary". If I do its either before or after 'the' day, and I wander at the time that has gone by. When I was a newby and would hear of people living 15, 20 years I could hardly believe it. It seemed so far away. How time flies!
A good thread! Anyone else? Dana and ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "David K. Kelmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tod E. Santee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "QuadPirate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blackjack > Hi Tod, > > It's nice to know I'm not the only Quad that thinks of myself as lucky. There is a lot of different kinds of luck, and when I look at the "what might have been," I know mine is all good! I hope you enjoyed the beers. > > With Love, > > CtrlAltDel aka Dave > C4/5 Complete - 28 Years Post > Texas, USA > > "Tod E. Santee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahhh.... You got it Mark... Both the beer and the year! > > A friend of mine bet me $10 I couldn't walk across a wire we came across > tied between two trees in the woods of PA. It was about 30 ft long and > 9 ft high. Both ends were free, so it wasn't "live"... it was just > "there." > > So I climbed up one tree and carefully walked across the wire holding > onto nearby branches as I went. (Not the first time I'd done such a > thing. In fact, it was quite a "mild" act compared to most of my "teen > feats.") > > At the other end (Yes, I made it the whole distance) I began climbing > down. As I reached for a branch to help balance my climb down I > stepped on a wet branch and lost my foothold and then missed gripping > the branch I was reaching for. I blame Isaac Newton from the events > from that point on... him and his law of gravity. > > SO... As a Law abiding teen (HA!) I didn't want to break Newton's Law, I > opted for breaking my neck instead. I won the $10 for making the > distance of the wire. But I lost my battle with the Law I referred to > above. > > I'm lucky... I spend each anniversary alone (by choice) in a quiet bar > with a beer or two reflecting on the years before and after being "born > again" as a quad. Lucky I have that choice... lucky I'm alive to do so > since most of my "teen feats" and many of my subsequent "quad feats" > could easily have put an end to beers in any location... (Singing... "In > Heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink it here." LOL) > > I'm lucky my path as a quad has enlightened me to many plights I likely > would never have considered, .... And lucky to see a side of life that > relatively few others (luckily) are ever going to experience. > > Thanks for the question, Mark. CHEERS! (Raising my Guinness to ya!) > > And Boyd... Thanks for the offer of a distraction, but No worries! I > rarely think about it. Was 3pm before it crossed my mind. Not until > 8:00 before I thought about it again. > > Best to All! > Tod (at 21 & 4 / 1461ths years) > > QuadPirate wrote: > > > > I'm glad you're around to keep me in line Tod!I'll have that beer > with you.I'm also assuming you mean your 21st anniversary and if I'm > not getting to personal what's the $10 all about? Mark > -------Original Message------- > > From: Tod E. Santee > Date: Friday, October 15, 2004 23:17:24 > To: Quad List > Subject: [QUAD-L] Blackjack > Today's my blackjack anniversary. I'm looking at a deck of cards > right > now. Even though I won the bet and got my $10, I lost. > > Time for a beer. > > . > > > ____________________________________________________ > > IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here > >
