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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 Sheri and all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am so glad the party was a success and felt so connected, just now, reading this message from Sheri. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I invite everyone to share holiday plans in the way Sheri has done here. It is, at present, the only kind of conversation we can have. <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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sheri, please say hello to your mother and sisters for me. I remember tham all very fondly, and you are lucky indeed to have them.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I do not yet know much about the where and what of my own Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I know I am alive and know I am grateful for it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Physical therapy is, as one friend commented, like a fulltime job in itself, so that is pretty much all I manage to be awake for!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Today, there is a team meeting during which I hope to learn when I will be released from the hospital. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My ticket to Florida was for tomorrow. Now, I just hope it can be before December 25, but I’ll make it work whatever day it is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Merry Christmas to all and looking forward to hearing your stories.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deborah<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>Sheri Albers via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 12, 2016 11:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Sheri Albers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] So much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will be leaving December 23, getting there just in time for Christmas!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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 [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Annie McEachirn via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 12, 2016 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Annie McEachirn<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] So much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sheri,<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will be praying for safe travel. When are you leaving? I’m so glad you will be with love ones during the Christmas holiday.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Smile,<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Annie<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><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 [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sheri Albers via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Judy Rudig'; 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Sheri Albers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] So much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Cincinnati Chapter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you all for a great Christmas party! I know there was a lot of planning that went into the event, led by Annie and her crew. I personally enjoyed getting out for the festivities after the stress of finals’ week, this has been a long semester for me. Thank you for putting up with my silliness, as I am known to exhibit from time to time!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You all did such a great job of putting me in the Christmas spirit, and the desire to be around my family for the Holidays, that I booked a trip to New Jersey today. I will be spending Christmas with my mother and my two sisters, as well as visiting my nephew and his family in Maryland. My daughters will be with their father in Florida. The hardest part will be boarding my little doggie. She has never had to do that before. She will probably never speak to me again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sheri Albers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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 [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Judy Rudig via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 10, 2016 11:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List; Annie McEachirn<br><b>Cc:</b> Judy Rudig<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] So much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id=yiv4685040469><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_5606"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_5605"><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Annie and everyone who helped with the Christmas Party,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Good food, good music, and good friends. These three things made a wonderful Christmas party.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you Annie and everyone who worked with you for making sure all of the party goers had a great time.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Judy Rudig<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv4685040469yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481430043304_2944"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>251-8108<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>