Re: Yee-haw

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Holy Moses. This email brought tears to my eyes, dear Lottie.

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...> wrote:

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> Dear ,

> You are quite funny, my dear. You are not too far off from describing

> Bobby. She lived in the desert in CA, a little cowboy settlement where they

> went to church in the saloon. They had shoot 'em out shows for tourists.

> They might have even had a little brothel there, too. LOL She can give you

> the website of the place. She would have been on the first wagon train to

> Oregon and California during the gold rush. She is not one to hold back or

> go forward. She is my hero and my buddy and that's no bull.

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> We all do what we have to do. If you find yourself in deep water, you learn

> how to swim or drown. Who are my heroes? The ones who came before me and

> took the harshest drugs like Skip. I have never heard him complain. There

> are the people who had BMTs, they are everyone's heroes. Then there are the

> doctors who are our saviors, and I can't forget their nurses who work

> tirelessly beside them. It never ceases to amaze me when patients are

> treated so poorly and overlooked or perhaps even ignored because they are

> too shy to speak up for themselves. I want to go and be their advocate and

> knock some heads together. There are unsung heroes whose names we don't know

> because they work behind the scenes and those who work to raise money for

> research. They never get the credit they deserve. They do this for people

> they don't even know, how unselfish is that? The people who bring me a

> wheelchair when I get out of my car are unsung heroes, too and you for

> posting your message.

> Carpe diem,

> Lottie Duthu

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