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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Richard, I am keeping you and your family in my prayers!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Federation family let’s keep each other in prayer. We never always know what each other is going through. Continue to call and check on each other.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Love<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 5, 2024 2:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Announcement List' <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Richard Payne <rchpay7@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Talk] FYI<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Ohio,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Normally I do not post real personal messages but in</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>case my</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>responses are slower it is because several things are going on</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>currently.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>My</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>brother-in-law had a stroke right before the holidays that has been very hard on the</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>family, and he may not make it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I have been trying to support my sister in</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>this time along with dealing with it myself.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Right after the national convention my blood pressure went very high and caused me to fall at the same time hitting my head and chipping a tooth in the back of my mouth this has resulted in a serious daily headache.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I will be going to the doctor tomorrow and think it will be fine but thought it would be good to share.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Let’s</span> <span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>continue to build the Federation.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Richard Payne, President</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>937/829/3368</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>Rchpay7@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfbohio.org"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886'>www.nfbohio.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>