At the risk of being a spoiler, has anyone verified the story about the little boy? I recalled seeing an article in the National Enquirer (ok, I know its trash, but fun trash), about a boy in England who asked for cards several years ago when he was dying. He recovered, but still gets thousands of cards. He's tried to get the word out to stop sending cards; hence the article in the Enquirer. ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: [HANDCART-L] Make-a-wish Author: Eldon & Terri Jensen <jensenet@vii.com> Date: 7/17/98 1:01 AM >Ok! It isn't genealogy. But maybe we can stop a moment, spend a buck, >and do something for someone else. Maybe, by helping this little boy >get his wish, you'll get your wish! A prayer for the little kid mighjt >be nice, too. >Thanks >Alice Colby Volkert > Hi everyone, The very best way to express these special wishes is to put it on a simple webpage and invite your good friends and listmembers to read through the information. Rootsweb really discourages posting these requests on the lists simply because of the responses and the space taken up on their computers for non-genalogical items. It is a simple and good request and my heart goes out to the little boy. If anyone has questions about posting items like this request to the list, don't hesitate to holler at me. I want this list to be friendly and informative, but this does go against Rootsweb's policy. However, 'I' won't say anything to the sys. admins. ;) Terri