Hey Grandpa, congratulations! Enjoy every moment. Bobbie Smile Everyday
> On Apr 19, 2015, at 10:07 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a four month old grandson! He is my first and only. Christopher Levi > and he is a dandy! > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: [email protected] >> Date: April 17, 2015 at 5:57:52 PM EDT >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Showers >> >> me too linda! i only have isabella though. she sure lightened my moods many, >> many times over <3 i'm waiting for her to bike her butt over as i write. >> she's gonna help walk the dogs with me. >> dianna >> I try to stay positive most of the time, I feel lucky to have 4 >> grandchildren born since my injury. I spend time with them & now watching >> them grow into teenagers! >> Lindaf >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lindakrn <[email protected]> >> To: Gmail <[email protected]> >> Cc: quad-list <[email protected]> >> Sent: Fri, Apr 17, 2015 2:28 pm >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Showers >> >> I try to stay positive most of the time, I feel lucky to have 4 >> grandchildren born since my injury. I spend time with them & now watching >> them grow into teenagers! >> Lindaf >> >> From: "Gmail" <[email protected]> >> To: "Joan Anglin" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Danny Hearn" <[email protected]>, "shirley bell" <[email protected]>, >> "Larry Willis" <[email protected]>, "<[email protected]>" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 1:19:33 PM >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Showers >> >> Joan, when my sister and I drove cross country we stayed in Lake Tahoe for >> few days on the north west end, WOW was it extraordinarily beautiful ... we >> didn't want to leave. Bobbie >> >> Smile Everyday >> >> On Apr 16, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Joan Anglin < [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for sharing Bobbie >> I grew up in Reno Nevada, hunting, fishing. We have one of the most >> beautiful lakes in the world nearby, Lake Tahoe and one of the most unique >> lakes, salt water Pyramid lake with its own landlocked flock of pelicans, >> places where you can stand on the pony express trail and imagine what it was >> like, and mountains where as a child I believed no one else had ever seen >> that particular view. >> When I returned from 10 years in Europe I wanted to return here so that my >> children would have the same opportunity’s. I have never regretted it, >> although I would’ve made much more money working for Purina in St. Louis. J >> I can sit in my backyard and remember what it was like 26 years ago to ride >> one of our horses through the mine tailings on the side of the mountain >> right above me, laughing at my city slicker friends who were very nervous >> riding a horse on an incline so steep that you could reach out and touch the >> ground on the uphill side. Or sliding down the hillside with the horses hind >> leg tucked under them and wondering who was enjoying it more, me or the >> horses! >> Memories. >> Joan >> >> From: Gmail [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:58 PM >> To: Danny Hearn >> Cc: shirley bell; Larry Willis; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Showers >> >> Dan, I think you can relate to this incredible true story ... and few others >> of you as well. >> >> I was 16, 1 year before my accident, camping in the adirondack mountains, >> (specifically Saranac Lake) it was 1972. >> >> I woke up in my sleeping bag snuggled warm inside a half wood half canvas >> cabin with no running water or electricity. It was just bearly starting to >> get light out at 5:35am with my sister's and a friend still sleeping near by. >> I pulled my legs out of the flannel bag and put my bare feet on the sandy >> wooden floor to search for my sneakers. As I tip toed to the screen door, I >> took my time to open it as to not wake anybody so I can have this precious >> time to myself. >> It was just light enough that I needn't light the Lantrens to find my way to >> the lake at the bottom of the sandy trail cut through wild blueberries >> bushes. >> I finally came upon my destination, an old green wooden canoe that had been >> pulled up upon the shore. I got in as quietly as possible and picked up an >> oar without making a sound. >> My father had taught me how to "Indian paddle" many years ago, a technique >> that was virtually silent. Once the paddle is in the water it never comes >> out. With some clever turns of the oar I had mastered the technique. >> I'm now right where I want to be ... in the middle of the Placid lake with >> fog hanging over the water not yet burned off. I just sat there, then >> finally I start to hear one bird start to waken with a chirp here and there. >> Then another bird returns his call. It's now getting brighter and the >> fog is starting to burn off the calm water. >> I laid back against the back of the canoe and watched my little part of the >> world wake up. >> It was one of the most exhilarating experience I've lived. Many, many times >> when I'm stressed, up set or angry, I can bring myself back to that canoe >> ride. >> That very same day I put a lack on my back and did a day up up one of my >> favorite Mountain peaks. >> As a matter fact I have a picture of a canoe hanging in front of my bed so I >> can see it's the first thing I see when I wake up. >> >> I miss water skiing, snow skiing, cross country skiing swimming, sailing, >> swimming, boating, camping, hiking. >> >> I have more stories if anybody is interested. >> Bobbie >> >> >> Smile Everyday >> >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: >> I hear you all and can relate, Bobbie,Larry and Shirley-- I woke up like you >> said today Larry.....Oh lord another feeling bad day but gotta get up and >> make do....It don't help that my wife and only caregiver suffers from awful >> migraine headaches for days at a time and is now had one again for 2 >> straight days, wish I could help her at times but I can't. Yes Bobbie, like >> you I sometimes think of things we used to do but can't now...like you said, >> walking into a shower on your own when you want too, walking and feeling the >> sand on a beach or the cool grass under your bare feet, I used to get in a >> boat and go to out to far isolated places of beauty on a lake to fish and >> enjoy nature, used to love long hikes deep into wooded forests....I think of >> these things at times but then get back into present reality and try to >> enjoy what simple things in life I still can, I guess we all do. Dan H***** >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:21 AM, shirley bell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> same here, sometimes it takes all I have not to scream at people who >> complain about the stupidest stuff or feel so sad seeing friends and >> strangers do things I can't. I seems to have gotten worse for me as all >> these yrs have passed. I thought things got easier??? Oh well, we all seem >> to struggle with it so at least we are not alone. I TRY everyday to keep >> positive and look at what I have and not what I don't, which is allot. But >> it is a challenge. hang in all of us. >> Best, >> Shirley Bell >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Larry Willis >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 7:04 AM >> Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Showers >> >> Everyday. Every damn stinking crippled ass day. Soon as my eyes open in the >> morning. Pardon my French. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gmail <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 >> Subject: [QUAD-L] Showers >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> I was watching a movie and the actor in the scene woke up, pushed the covers >> off, sat up, put her feet on the floor, stood up and walked in to the shower >> right after dropping off her PJ's. >> It took about 1 minute. >> I turned off the TV and tried to remember how that felt ... but I can't. >> I couldn't stop crying. >> I can't tell you how many times I've heard family or friends say >> "I'm going to jump in the shower." >> Or >> "I got home, I was so dirty I had to jump in the shower." >> >> I know, I know I should be over feeling like this and it not make me cry >> after ALL these years. >> So I'm asking; >> Does anybody else still get "up set" or "bothered" by what I described >> above? >> >> Smile Everyday >> >>
