A New Voice

welcome to my world and this new voice of mine

i have had parkinsons disease (pd) since 1988
and have also been dealing with clinical depression (cd)
for most of my life

in july 1995 i joined the internet
and then i joined an online pd support group
(cleverly disguised as a cyber-family)

both events changed my life

and then i discovered that i love writing
including all the learning that is buried in it for me

as a result, this volume is comprised of over 150 e-mail messages
sent to my pd support group pals online (aka my cyber-siblings)
as well as to my family and friends

these messages unprecedented (in me at least)
poetry and prose pieces along with a few humour items
just to keep us all on our toes

speaking of digits, most punctuation and upper case characters
went awol in my early qwerty years mainly due to pd
and its effects on my peripherals

i dont miss them one bit
and i dont think you will either
if you come along and join me on my sixteen year trek
into the cyber-light