Alice, did I insult you? What on that list is not true? I am no Pollyanna. And I have been a quad for 44 years.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: ntpgrn...@aol.com > Date: October 13, 2015 at 3:35:17 PM EDT > To: Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> > Cc: "quad-list@eskimo.com" <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quick poem > > Wow...... > Please remove me from the list. > > > > Nancy > > > >> On Oct 13, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> More quad quickies to meditate. Feel free to contribute. >> >> Have you ever........ >> 1. Not eaten for a long time because you dread the bowel ritual. >> 2. Not brushed your teeth because of the hassle. >> 3. Worn dirty clothes because no one would/could do the laundry. >> 4. Had chips for a meal because there was nothing else that you could fix. >> 5. Sat for hours after your chair/van broke down. >> 6. Had a bowel/bladder accident in a public place with no way to >> exit.....church, theater, class, work. >> 7. Fallen from your chair while home alone. >> 8. Become choked or congested and unable to cough. >> 9. Been cursed, belittled by a caregiver. >> 10. Had a public confrontation with a stranger. >> 11. Gone over a week without a bowel movement. >> 12. Prayed to God that you won't wake up. >> 13. Been so depressed you lose all interest in living. >> 14. Wrecked your van. >> 15. Been stuck at the bottom of the stairs with no offer of help. >> Larry Willis >> Retired and proud of it >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Gmail <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> >>> Date: October 13, 2015 at 1:55:19 PM EDT >>> To: Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> >>> Cc: "quad-list@eskimo.com" <quad-list@eskimo.com> >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >>> >>> I do. Bobbie >>> >>> Smile Everyday >>> >>>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The opening line of your poem is a grabber. How many of us on here >>>> actually do that? I do. Often. >>>> >>>> Larry Willis >>>> Retired and proud of it >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: Gmail <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: October 13, 2015 at 12:21:47 PM EDT >>>>> To: Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> >>>>> Cc: "quad-list@eskimo.com" <quad-list@eskimo.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >>>>> >>>>> Wow, right on the mark. Especially as the years and decades pass by. >>>>> >>>>> It's quite indescribable, but you came pretty fucking close. >>>>> Bobbie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 6:56 AM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow, Ron, my feelings exactly. Exactly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Larry Willis >>>>>> Retired and proud of it >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com >>>>>>> From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>>>> Date: October 13, 2015 at 3:06:14 AM EDT >>>>>>> To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> >>>>>>> Subject: [QUAD-L] Quick poem >>>>>>> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Quad Life >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Every night when I go to bed, I pray to god to wake up dead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As morning comes, I always get scared, because another day must be >>>>>>> beared. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> People say to look above, but all I get is abused and shoved. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Life took a young man with hopes and dreams, and reduced him to nothing >>>>>>> as so it seems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I try as I may to still be a man, during the bowell routines and all >>>>>>> the hell that quad life demands. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Everyones forgotten who I was , and treat me like shit ........just >>>>>>> because. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I started strong in this game, but when I think.......who is to blame? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Was I just another victim of circumstance or from the beginning did I >>>>>>> have no chance? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As the years go by it means less and less because I am still human >>>>>>> nevertheless. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ron
