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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Deborah: I’m glad that Cabvi will bring the party to you. We’ll miss you at the party, and we hope and pray your healing is quick. Sincerely, Please send me your room number at the hospital. Kate and I will call you. Sincerely, Dale Barta <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 07, 2016 5:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> cinci-nfb@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah Kendrick<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Question from a wheelchair<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello Cincinnati NFB members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I apologize for sending a message to the whole list which should actually only go to a few, but I</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>have limited time for doing anything on the laptop and can’t find a list</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>of the book club members.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As I think most of you know, my femur suddenly snapped December 1, and I have been in the hospital since.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It was quite a trauma to both body and mind, but the love from kind friends have helped tremendously in the whole recovery process. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will not be able to put weight on my left leg for another 8 to 12 weeks, but I was introduced to a wheelchair yesterday, and have done tons of smiling while learning use it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The question that has arisen has to do with book club timing. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Visitors and phone calls have been at least as essential as medication and nutrition in knitting my body back together. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(One of those visitors was Judy Rudig, and one of the phone calls Alan Lemly. I thank both of you from the bottom of my heart.) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Tomorrow, I will be missing CABVI’s annual holiday party, which I always attend as a board trustee. I will be sad to miss it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A little while ago, CABVI’s CEO John Mitchell called to ask if he and another board member or two could bring the party to me when it is over.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am thrilled and touched by this gesture, and of course I said yes. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am writing to ask if book club members would be willing to begin our meeting at 8:00 PM rather than 7:00 because of this unplanned visit. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will be very grateful if you can adjust your schedules accordingly. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas season. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will not, as you have certainly predicted, be attending the NFB chapter party on Saturday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I wish all of you a wonderful time together on that occasion – and healthy bones as well!.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Peace,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Deborah</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>