--part1_8c.985e99b.2885d8f9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_8c.985e99b.2885d8f9_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <ksnriver@altelco.net> Received: from rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.35]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id MAILINYC55-0716211321; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:13:21 -0400 Received: from mail.altelco.net (mail.altelco.net [206.150.119.15]) by rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (v79.20) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC39-0716211310; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:13:10 -0400 Received: from altelco.net (tc2-119-201.altelco.net [206.150.119.201] (may be forged)) by mail.altelco.net (8.11.2/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id f6H232t15071; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:03:02 -0500 Message-ID: <3B5391D1.477EF8C9@altelco.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:16:01 -0400 From: Kimberly Norman <ksnriver@altelco.net> Reply-To: ksnriver@altelco.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Bouwkamp <fancieface_1999@yahoo.com>, Anita Siciliano <alal2@worldnet.att.net>, Becky Yoder <byoder@post.grcc.cc.mi.us>, Bill & Jenny Gately <ljba4@cs.com>, Billl & Kathy Norman <nor83@MSN.COM>, Colleen Cleary <ccleary.PINEISLAND@comstock-park.k12.mi.us>, George Cox <advice18@hotmail.com>, Jan Yoak-Newman <jnewman@voyager.net>, kurt cleary <kurtcleary@home.com>, John Trimberger <jtrimber@earthlink.net>, Leanne Numbers <lnums@netscape.net>, Nel Bylsma <bylsman@state.mi.us>, Nici LeClair <snici@aol.com>, Niece Nikki <Chiquita_122@yahoo.com>, Pam Timmerman <pntimm@aol.com>, Robin Spicer <robindvc@egl.net>, Sue LeClair <suzy3girls@cs.com>, Sue Norman <snorman942@aol.com>, Tom & Jodi Zombolo <tjzombolo@aol.com>, Trisha Powell <tppsych4u@aol.com>, Valerie Waldrop <valeriewaldrop@kc-tc.org> Subject: Forward this one ~ PLEASE! ~ Slow Dance . . . Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > SLOW DANCE > > This is a remarkable writing for someone so young...however, her situation > brings great insight that we can all learn > from. Very moving. This poem written by a terminally ill young girl in a > New York Hospital. It was sent by a medical doctor - Dr. Yeou ChengMa. > Please do what you can to help fulfill this young girl's dream by also > reading what > is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM. > SLOW DANCE > > > Have you ever watched kids > On a merry-go-round? > Or listened to the rain > Slapping on the ground? > Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? > Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? > You better slow down. > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > Do you run through each day > On the fly? > When you ask "How are you?" > Do you hear the reply? > When the day is done > Do you lie in your bed > With the next hundred chores > Running through your head? > You'd better slow down > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > Ever told your child, > We'll do it tomorrow? > And in your haste, > Not see his sorrow? > Ever lost touch, > Let a good friendship die > Cause you never had time > To call and say "Hi"? > You'd better slow down. > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > When you run so fast to get somewhere > You miss half the fun of getting there. > When you worry and hurry through your day, > It is like an unopened gift.... > Thrown away. > Life is not a race. > Do take it slower > Hear the music > Before the song is over. > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL ALL > FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT. > > Dear All: > > PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is the > request of a special little girl who will soon leave this world as she has > > cancer. > Thank you for your effort, this isn't a chain letter, but > a choice for all of us to save a little girl that's dying of a serious and > > fatal form o f cancer. > Please send this to everyone you know...or don't know. > This little girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying > wish,she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to > the fullest,since she never will. She'll never make it to prom, graduate > from high school, or get married and have a family of her own. > By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can > give her and her family a little hope, because with every name that this > is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per > name to her treatment and Recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 > people!!!! So I know that we can send it to at least 5 or 6. Just think it > > could be you one day. It's not even your money, just your time!!! > "PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST" > > Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor > Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology > Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University > 1300 Morris Park Avenue > Bronx, New York 10461 > > --part1_8c.985e99b.2885d8f9_boundary--