PATRICIA AND JUDITH ANN AND CINDI

December 28, 2004

DEAR PATRICIA,

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW SURPRISED I WAS WHEN JUDITH ANN EMAILED ME FOR THE FIRST

TIME ON OUR RA SUPPORT GROUP ! SHE WAS SO CARING AN CONCERNED AT A TIME WHEN MY

OWN FAMILY WAS JUST SHELL-SHOCKED AND AFRAID. THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MY

DISEASES AND THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REACT TO ME AT ALL. SOMETIMES, THEY STILL

DO NOT, 3 YEARS LATER.

JUDITH ANN IN A SENSITIVE WAY, TALKED TO ME AND CALMED ME AND HELPED ME TO SEE

THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF HELP OUT IN THE WORLD INCLUDING HER FRIENDSHIP !

EVERYONE ON THIS GROUP HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE, BUT JUDITH ANN AND I HAD A

SPECIAL CONNECTION FROM THE START. SHE IS ALSO ABLE TO SAY " NO, I DO NOT LIKE

THIS, " OR " NO I DO NOT WANT THAT OR TO DO THAT. " SHE DOES IT IN A WAY THAT DOES

NOT MAKE YOU FEEL SAD OR PUT DOWN.

IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN THE BENEFITS OF THIS GROUP AND HOW IT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE

FOREVER, I WOULD HAVE GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS AND JOINED A YEAR EARLIER. MY NEXT

JOB IS TO GET REFERRED TO A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC, INSTEAD OF BEING TO

COMPLETELY AT THE MERCY OF MY AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE SUPPORT GROUP THERE IS SOMEONE HERE FOR EVERYONE TO

HAVE THAT " SPECIAL " CONNECTION WITH, AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE MY PRECIOUS JUDITH ANN

WILL ALSO FIND ANOTHER PERSON WHO SO DESPERATELY NEEDS HER HELP......... I

CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO BEGRUDGE ANYONE OF HER HELP.

OUR CHRISTMAS WAS THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD, AND MY CHILDREN WERE ALL VERY PROUD

OF AND VERY ASTONISHED AT ME FOR MAKING A NEW FRIEND AND HAVING HER COME FROM SO

FAR AWAY AND THEN GETTING ALONG SO GREAT. I HAVE SPENT OVER 6 MONTHS NEVER

LEAVING THE HOUSE UNLESS IT WAS TO A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. THINGS ARE HARDER TO

DO HERE IN THE WINTER TOO. ICE AND SNOW AND MY WHEELCHAIR.....SO I JUST DECIDED

TO SPARE EVERYONE THE WORK AND STAY HOME.......JUDITH ANN SHOWED ME THAT THIS

KIND OF LIFE IS NOT NECESSARY OR GOOD FOR ME......SHE ALSO TOOK A BIG STEP, BY

FLYING TO SOMEONE'S HOME THAT SHE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE AND FINDING A LIFE LONG

FRIEND FOR HERSELF, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING AND IT BE ONE OF

HER GROWN CHILDREN,.......WE BOTH HAVE BENEFITED.....I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE

!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR WRITING PATRICIA, I HOPE THAT YOU HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AS

WELL,

CINDI

CINDI HEIN

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