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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: I Need Some Support
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Date: 26 Jul 90 17:19:40 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DV> uses the same Metro stations I do.  I'm feeling pretty terrible 
 DV> right now, and for the first time, blindness is frightening me! 

Donna,
     I really don't know what I can say to you that will alleviate your
hurt or your fear, but my thoughts are with you, I assure you!
     I think both you and I are pretty tough cookies, but every now and
then something happens that causes us to crumble just a bit.  When I got
the news about Sara A.'s accident I think I felt something like you do
now.  That is, despite the fact we do argue a bit here, and we are
downright nasty to each other at times, I believe we really are a bunch
of friends, and losing a friend like Sara or seeing another friend like
you afraid hurts me as well.

Please everybody, when you're out traveling, don't be too proud to be
careful!  I'm sure that Donna and I will not dwell in our fear of our
blindness, and I doubt that anyone participating in this echo will
either, but by the same token, think about how we heard about these
incidents before crossing at that intersection or getting on that train.
We all deserve to die of old age, and not of something that could have
been avoided!
                                                        Willie
 

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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