Thank goodness this group saved you from snuffing yourself. Were you going to do it in your Imperial? Seriously, it IS good to have friends. --Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "BOB CRONIN" <don4bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <azcarparts@xxxxxxx>; <bigmauto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bilorjan@xxxxxxxx>; <buddrow@xxxxxxxxxx>; <deforge909@xxxxxxxxx>; <donats4x4willys@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <dtourigny@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <endofauction@xxxxxxxx>; <Imp67cc64@xxxxxxx>; <Imperial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <impman10@xxxxxxx>; <impparts@xxxxxxxxx>; <jamesboottharris@xxxxxxx>; <jay_mckee@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <jeff.schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <JOEHOLSOM@xxxxxxx>; <jpakiela@xxxxxxxx>; <Kitchenking1@xxxxxx>; <Lori-An.Apodaca@xxxxxxxx>; <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <mind_probe@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <pavoreal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <rockabillydaddy@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <StadtApoAchern@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <don4bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: IML: Fwd: Great insight to friendship | | To my fellow Imperial Club members and friends. I recieved this e-mail today | and it touched my heart very deeply. I would just like to tell everyone here | that I feel the same way with you. You guys have helped me in building this | car, this car that has given me reason to get up in the morning and that | has also made it so hard to go to sleep at night. Thank all of you for your | help, and if you could please send this on to all your friends. | You Friend, | Bob Cronin | | >From: "Lori-An Apodaca" <Lori-An.Apodaca@xxxxxxxx> | >To: alexander gonzalez <alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BOB CRONIN | ><don4bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Frank Mora <snipersof2001@xxxxxxxxx>, JOHNNY LAW | ><xicanocop28@xxxxxxxxx>, "Skidmore David" | ><syta004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "UOP_Online@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" | ><UOP_Online@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | >Subject: Great insight to friendship | >Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 15:26:29 -0800 | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: Rose Chaparro [mailto:RChaparro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] | >Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:53 PM | >To: Gisela Weis (E-mail); Linda Murray (E-mail 2); Maria Cardenas | >(E-mail); Maria Herrera (E-mail); Maribel Cuevas (E-mail); Olivia | >Ramirez (E-mail); Sharon Ellis (E-mail) | >Subject: FW: Great insight to friendship | > | > | >************************************************* | >One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class | >was | >walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was | >carrying | >all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all | >his | >books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend | >planned | >(parties and a football game with my friend's tomorrow afternoon), so I | >shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of | >kids | >running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his | >arms | >and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and | >I | >saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I | >saw | >this terrible sadness in his eyes. | >My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled | >around | >looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him | >his | >glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives." | >He | >looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. | >It | >was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick | >up | >his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near | >me, | >so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to | >private school before now. | >I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked | >all | >the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a | >pretty | >cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football With my | >friends. He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know | >Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. | >Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books | >again. | >I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are going to really build some serious | >muscles with this pile of books everyday!" He just laughed and handed me | >half the books. | >Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were | >seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, | >and I | >was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the | >miles | >would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going | >for | >business on a football scholarship. | >Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about | >being a | >nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't | >me | >having to get up there and speak. Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked | >great. He was one of those guys that really found him during high | >school. He | >filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I | >had | >and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous. | >Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his | >speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be | >great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful | >one) | >and smiled. "Thanks," he said. | >As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation | >is a | >time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. | >Your | >parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your | >friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone are | >the | >best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story." | >I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the | >first | >day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked | >of | >how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it | >later | >and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a | >little | >smile. | >"Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the | >unspeakable." | >I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told | >us | >all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and | >smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize | >its | >depth. | >Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture | >you | >can change a person's life. For better or worse. God puts us all in | >each | >other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. | > | >You now have two choices, you can: 1) Pass this on to your friends or 2) | >Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart. | >As you can see, I took choice number 1. "Friends are angels who lift us | >to | >our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." | >There is no beginning or end. Yesterday is history. | >Tomorrow is mystery. | >Today is a gift. | >It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send | >this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then | >you'll | >know you have a circle of friends. | >WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER, YOU'RE REQUESTED TO SEND IT TO AT LEAST 10 | >PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PERSON WHO SENT IT TO YOU. | > | >__________________________________________________ | >Do You Yahoo!? | >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards(r) | >http://movies.yahoo.com/ | | | | | ____________________________________________________________ _____ | Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com | | | | ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- | This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please | reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be | shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the | Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm | |