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President’s Letter for
May/June
As a young girl nine or ten
years old and standing by a body of water, my uncle picked up a
smooth stone and showed me how to skip the stone across the
water. I’m sure most of us have skipped a few stones across
the water when we were younger. It soon became a favorite thing
for me as I watched the ripples flow from the impact of the
stone.
Think about the
choices you have made throughout your life … they, like the
ripple effect on the water, have created a ripple effect on our
lives and others. Choices we make also are telling people around
us what we think about ourselves. We all must learn to
appreciate our personal strengths and talents as well as our
flaws and imperfections, then we will be able to appreciate
others more. Think of one simple choice of a service or a
kindness you can make for your support group this year and next,
then watch the ripple effect!
This is a
special invitation to you to attend a "Walk Down Memory
Lane (with a new step into the future)" on Sunday, May 18th,
at the Collins Health Resource Center at 2PM (PLEASE NOTE that
this program has been moved from the second to the third Sunday
of May to respect Mother’s Day). Lynda Knight, Executive
Director of the North Central Florida March of Dimes will be our
featured speaker. Ms. Knight will give us information about the
March of Dimes’ role with post-polio support groups and an
update on their research. Our other two speakers will be James
Pott, ADA Consultant, and Steve McMahan, our web administrator
and "layout man" for the Polio Post News.
Our friend,
Sharon Mixson, owner of AV Connection Audio Visual Equipment
rentals (and also Librarian for Munroe Regional Medical Center
and the Collins Health Resource Center) will be taking care of
our audio/visual needs. I will also give an update on the
conference to be hosted by RWSIR in Warm Springs, Georgia.
A reminder to
all of you living in Florida: Hurricane Season will begin on
June 1st through November 30th. Please don’t
panic, but be "family and weather ready" by planning
for it now! There is so much information on your computer,
newspaper and TV to help you with your planning, so don’t put
it off, just DO it! Planning for the worst can make the
aftermath of severe weather or a disaster a more tolerable
situation.
I look forward
to walking down Memory Lane and then taking a New Step into the
future with you. This will be a very important special program
for all of us. A reception will follow the program in honor of
our founding 18 years ago. See you May 18th at 2:00
PM.
Your President,
P.S.- I have a new shipment of "Managing Post-Polio: A
Guide to Living and Aging Well with Post-Polio Syndrome" (2nd
Edition), by Lauro S. Halstead, M.D. I will have them at the May
18th Program. They are $15.00 each; you can make your
check payable to "NCFPPSG".
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