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Howl:
I knew you were a Journalist Alilisa and that you were awesome. But you are even more awesome than I thought, very impressive and gret work Ali! :)

Alilisa:
Thank you, Howl, ((Howl)), if not for my nephew who has special needs, this never would have happened. Just an example of how you take what seems to be bad and turn it into good.  The playground opened the doors for people like my nephew, allowing them more freedom then ever though, plus it's allowed those who normally wouldn't be around children/adults with special needs to grab that opportunity, thus eliminating the prejudism which existed.  That's what happened in our city and it's wonderful!

You're right, SL, pay it forward.  For any good done to or for you, pass it on, and sooner or later it'll move like a wave. 

It costs nothing and hey even a smile can make a huge difference in whether or not someone ends their life, you could be an unspoken hero and not even know it.  So like SL said, pay it forward, it's well worth it, and the sense of knowing you helped someone is far more valuable then any notice for what you'd done.

Dina:
Wow Alilisa, what you did is so amazing  :D :D I want to hug you now more than ever, and I ever want to  :D
I was in the website, but I have to tell you, I hate the blue letters against the blue sky. But I'll promise I will read it when I arrive home.

Alilisa:
:D I tried it with black against the blue and had others complain because it "didn't blend", I'm like geesh....but I changed it and they liked it so that's what I ended up with.  :)  thank you, I really loved doing something for my nephew (which is what it started out to be, so he could enjoy the playground like my kids and his brothers. 

To see him just stand there and laugh, clapping his hands watching, just wasn't fair. And then I thought of the parents with special needs who hadn't been able to take their own kids to the park for a day, and the elderly who needed a place to get away from nursing homes, etc...and that's the result.)

I'd gotten a call from a woman who'd taken her young daughter (her daughter was in a wheelchair) to the park and the daughter went between the horizontal bars (placed at wheelchair width), and for the first time in her life, stood up from her wheelchair and took several steps.  She'd never before done that, and then we got a letter from a guy who'd taken his son up on the ramping system and until that time, never realized his own child had never been that far up off the ground in the open like that.  He loved it.  It's stories like that which make you know that you've accomplished something wonderful.  My own nephew, Camden, actually said "swing" when he went into the playground, the first time he'd ever said that word in his life, and he was 18 at the time.)

Whoa, I really ramble on, I could talk forever about the playground, it has gone far beyond what we expected, to have models worldwide is amazing.  Thank you again, Dina ((Dina)) Hug away ;D

Dina:
You have every right to ramble  :). You did a wonderful job and "listening" to you makes one wish to do something for people with that problems. ((Ali))

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