goodmorning folks.
Gwen and i left at 4:30 am friday morning and made the 4 hour drive to nyc, queens yesterday. we had a great trip, and no problems at all.
we met at the pan american hotel restaurant, as arrainged in the yahoo groups, only to realize, there were more people staying there than were posting to the group. a bonus!
i met so MANY people, keeping names, board names, and aliases straight, has left this blonde in a whirlwind.
but to each and everyone of you we got to meet, those who post here, and those who don't and are members of other boards, support groups ect (some of which i had never heard of, but i'm so glad they are out there!).....
Gwen and I just want to tell y'all what an honour and p rivilege it was to meet each and every one of you.
we were both looking forward to this so much, and we had a great experience and had so many very interesting conversations with so many wonderful people.
many times during the day, I had to fight back the tears, holding back a flood of emotion as i looked around me.
this was one day in my life I WILL NEVER FORGET!
even as i sat here downloading the digital pictures off my camera, i could not stop getting choked up, or the tears from building up in my eyes looking at the day before and remembering what a powerful day it was.
PICTURES:
I have 86 pictures from yesterday (1600x1200 resolution) , and 18 mpg (movies) 15 seconds in length each. (cuz thats what the camera does. 15 second clips)
To anyone who was there i extend the invitaion for you to email me, my address is open, and i'll burn them to disks and mail them to you.
i'll wait till i have a complete count before doing this, so i can plan accordingly.
I wanted to post these to the board, but i don't know who is safe to show, and who isn't. so rather than chance anyones exposure, i'll just keep this limited to those who were there, and keep correspondence private.
here is my email address: [email protected]
please do not post any of your personal information to this topic. email it to me privately.
you may however post any thoughts you had on your experiences, i would love to hear about them, as would lots of posters from the board here.
to 2 very special people i met:
to these that were supportive and who helped me through a terrible time in my life, i just want to tell you what a special moment it was to finally meet you in person.
((((((dungbeetle)))))) and ((((((venice)))))))
what a day september 27th, 2002 was!
I'm so glad Gwen and I were there.
History was made.
Harold