Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-30 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Bobbie,   That's pretty cool that your story is in the book with his.  I heard him speak at the DNC and 'Googled' him to find out more about him.  Being the the first quadriplegic to serve in the United States House of Representatives is a real honor.  I know he is a part of the solution to the

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-30 Thread Bobbie299
  Hi, Yes I submitted an essay last year and it was excepted and published (Audrey from the quad list, who recently passed away, is also in the book.) "From There to Here" is 45 personal journeys from trauma to meaning ~ stories of adjustment to spinal cord injury.  The only way to obtain a copy

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Billy Kimberlin
For me, seeing him was inspirational.  I have had some political aspirations at times, but I don't really want to let all my dirty laundry hang out there.  They may find out I still owe the federal government some back taxes.  :-)[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Yea, I am in a book with him, "From Th

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Billy Kimberlin
Bobbie,Did you publish an article in "From Here to There?"I was approached to write an essay, but I was rather busy last summer reading for my history seminar.  I really wish I would have been able to write a proper essay.  Just yesterday I lobbied the local library to purchase a copy of this book

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Quietstream25322
  Is this a good book to buy or can you get it at the library??   Thx  Dan

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Bobbie299
 Yea, I am in a book with him, "From There to Here"  Jim Langevin was with a Boy Scout troop in August 1980 when they visited a police station,  an officer's gun went off by accident. Jim commutes by train to DC from Rhode Island twice a week. Did anyone notice that the representative from Rhode

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Billy,   I did notice that.  I believe he said it was from a gunshot wound.  He is 'The Honorable Jim Langevin, Rep. Rhode Island.   With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Year PostTexas, USA Billy Kimberlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did anyone notice that the representative from Rhod

Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Houston Leek
Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative Didn’t ntice but as U said great 2 know. On 7/29/04 2:12 PM, "Billy Kimberlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did anyone notice that the representative from Rhode Island who introduced Ron Reagan was a quadriplegic?  It is nice to se

[QUAD-L] Quadriplegic representative

2004-07-29 Thread Billy Kimberlin
Did anyone notice that the representative from Rhode Island who introduced Ron Reagan was a quadriplegic?  It is nice to see a quadriplegic serving on Capitol Hill. Billy "It is not the length of life, but the depth of life." Ralph Waldo Emerson Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than