<div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Request for distribution from Janie Degenshein, NFBNJ</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:1.125rem">Submitted by Linda Melendez, President NFBNJ</span><br></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello all,</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am writing this note today with such gratitude to all who wrote, sent texts, and phoned me throughout the past five months.</font><span style="font-size:1.125rem">Your kind words, prayerful thoughts and soulful deeds have all been answered this day!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yesterday morning, the doctor told Joe that all tests and reports showed that the cancer is gone and he </font><span style="font-size:1.125rem">will make a complete recovery.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No chemotherapy or radiation is needed.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">With that radical surgery and a follow up mini surgery to relieve the drainage, he will be cured of this type of cancer.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is nothing less than a miracle my friends.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">You had a huge part in keeping his mind, body and spirit on track. </font><span style="font-size:1.125rem">Hallelujah to all.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I thoroughly want to thank you for loving my brother throughout this long and winding road.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(a Beatles reference appropriate here.)</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Be mindful that the next lap is to get to rehab and start strengthening those legs and stomach muscles that have been inactive for many months, but this pales in comparison to the previous months of anxiety, stress and uncertainty.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">These next few months will bring about a new, renewed and reborn Joe Ruffalo, hopefully stronger and more determined to continue to make a difference in our world.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I must note that the timing doesn’t go unnoticed.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is the time of spring, Easter and my holiday of Passover which begins tonight. </font><span style="font-size:1.125rem">All involve rebirth , renewal and hope.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I surely wish that this note brings you comfort and peace during these days ahead.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are indeed more than the sum of one</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font style="font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Love you all</font></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font> </div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt"><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font> <span style="font-size:1.1666666269302368rem">Keep Smiling,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;font-family:Arial;font-size:1.1666666269302368rem">Janie Degenshein<br>Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you already have!</div>
</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span>Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><i>Website: </i></span><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Facebook: </i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Twitter: </i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfbnewjersey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">@NFBNewJersey</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>YouTube: </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKEDbjGsCYHMlwd4gqpBPjg" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NFBNJTransformDreams</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Live the life you want.<br></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1">The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Everyday we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</font></i></span></font><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></span></font></div><div></div></div><div dir="auto"></div><font color="#888888"></font></div></div>