Anyone who has been to the "Abilities Expo" knows why it is not called the
Disabilities Expo. It's to encourage us to view what we can do, and not the
limitations of what we as persons with disabilities are unable to do. Lots
of encouragement in that name.
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I was thinking the same thing - and we all need to look at our
accomplishments, big or small, and rejoice for those we have.
Prayers and thoughts for you and yours,
Candy K.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:36:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [TMIC] short story
Ok Gunny, now I have goose bumps from reading your story. Thank you for
your service to our country. Your DI gave you a great piece of advice.
We should dwell on our abilities an use them for the good of others.
Thanks for sharing.
Patti - Michigan
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I was just sttin here the other day lookin at something I got from
another
Marine. I had a though about lookin up my old DI's. I typed in thier
names
in my search engine, and came up with only one, Sgt. Levesque. It was a
story about what happened to him in Viet Nam. I called John Brown who is
the
commander of the VA, who also worked with me at the Sheriff's dept. yes,
he's from Youngstown. It seems Sgt. Levesque works with the blind
veterans,
as he lost his eye sight in Viet Nam. John told me how to get in touch
with
him, so I called. He answered, Don Levesque, how can I help you?
Here's a
man I haven't seen or talked to in forty eight years, and I got the
feeling of needing to snap to, but I didn't . I said, Platton 289, F Co.
Parris
Island. He said, yeah, my platoon. I said Pvt. Boyle, Platoon Guide. He
said, son of a bitch, how the hell are ya. I said, the question is, how
are
you, I read a story about you and losing your eye sight. He said, ya
know
Boyle, I remember you, you had your head and ass wired
together......After
exchanging pleasantries, we discussed disabilities, and I told him my
story. He
said, remember one thing Boyle, it's ability, not disability, if I taught
you anything, remember that. We talked a couple more minutes then agreed
to
stay in contact.
It got to me people, ability not disablilty. I had to hear that from an
old DI of mine, so, I'm just passin it on. Semper Fi.
