---------- > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 06:04:58 > From: michael theuriet > To: carol theuriet; reid kennedy; DIANE MCCARTHY > Subject: Fw: Hello > > > > ---------- > > From: JTITLEY@raychem.com > > To: JDEGNAN@raychem.com; VSTIXRUD@raychem.com; jennie@econ.unt.edu; > jtaylor@hci.net; jwenger@iglobal.net; michaelt@sirius.com; > wengeal@OOCL.com; abaker@alphablox.com; kramsey@exlconsulting.com > > Subject: Hello > > Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 11:50 AM > > > > > > Happy Friendship Week > > > > Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead > of > > him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with > two > > sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. > > > > Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since > > they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As > they > > walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video > games, > > baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his > other > > subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. > > > > They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and > to > > watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs > and > > some shared small talk, then Mark went home. > > > > They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once > or > > twice, then both graduated from junior high school. > > They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over > the > > years. > > > > Finally the long-awaited senior year came and three weeks before > graduation, > > Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill reminded him of the day years > ago > > when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many > > things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker > because > > I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of > my > > mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after > we > > spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that, if I had > > killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that > might > > follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you > did a > > lot more, you saved my life. > > > > Every little hello, every little smile, every helping hand saves a > hurting > > heart. Pass it on. With this email also comes the token that says that > YOU > > are special. There's a miracle called Friendship that dwells in the > heart. > > > > You don't know how it happens Or when it gets started but, you know the > > special lift it always brings and you realize that Friendship Is God's > most > > precious gift! > > > > > > It's National Friendship Week > > > > Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage > you > > to succeed. They lend an ear; they share a word of praise; and they > always > > want to open their heart to us. Show your friends how much you > care.....Send > > this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even the person that sent this to > > > you. > > > > If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a Friend for life. > Show > > your friends how much you appreciate them and what they mean to > you......... > > > > > > Happy Friendship Week > > > > > > > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> > > <HTML> > > <HEAD> > > > > <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> > > <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY> > > <DIV><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial > > size=3></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 > > face=Arial size=3>Received this today and wanted to share it with my > > FRIENDS. Thanks for all being great friends to Dave and > I!!!!! Oh by > > > > the way, since I'm writing to everyone, just thought I'd let you know > that it > > looks like Dave is going to be surrounded by one more girl in > April. The > > ultrasound looked good, baby was VERY active and they are pretty sure it > is a > > GIRL. Off to work, hope everyone has a great Friendship > > Week.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > > <DIV><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial > > size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > > <DIV><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial > > size=3>Kathy</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > > <DIV><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial > > size=3> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> > > <DIV><SPAN class=700362015-26101998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial > > size=3> </FONT></SPAN>Happy Friendship Week<BR><BR>Mark was walking > home > > from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and > dropped > > > > all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball > bat, a > > glove and a small tape recorder.<BR><BR>Mark knelt down and helped the > boy pick > > up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped > to > > carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name > was > > Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was > having > > lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up > with his > > girlfriend.<BR><BR>They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited > in for > > > > a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with > a few > > laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home.<BR><BR>They > continued to > > > > see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both > > > graduated from junior high school.<BR>They ended up in the same high > school > > where they had brief contacts over the years.<BR><BR>Finally the > long-awaited > > senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if > they > > could talk. Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first > met. > > "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that > day?" > > > > asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want > to > > leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mothers > sleeping > > pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some > time > > together talking and laughing, I realized that, if I had killed myself, I > would > > have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, > Mark, > > when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my > life. > > <BR><BR>Every little hello, every little smile, every helping hand saves > a > > hurting heart. Pass it on. With this email also comes the token that says > that > > YOU are special. There's a miracle called Friendship that dwells in the > > heart.<BR><BR>You don't know how it happens Or when it gets started but, > you > > know the special lift it always brings and you realize that Friendship Is > God's > > most precious gift!<BR><BR><BR>It's National Friendship > Week<BR><BR>Friends are > > a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to > succeed. > > They lend an ear; they share a word of praise; and they always want to > open > > their heart to us. Show your friends how much you care.....Send this to > everyone > > > > you consider a FRIEND, even the person that sent this to you.<BR><BR>If > it comes > > > > back to you, then you'll know you have a Friend for life. Show your > friends how > > much you appreciate them and what they mean to > you.........<BR><BR><BR>Happy > > Friendship Week<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><?x-fontsize><?param > 9><?x-color><?param > > red=17920;green=17920;blue=17920 > > ><?/x-fontsize><?x-fontsize><?param > > 10><?/x-color><BR><?/x-fontsize></DIV></BODY></HTML>