Reta Setzer

I AM SO PREVILIGED TO HAVE MET DOUG & BONNIE.
(THEIR NAMES JUST ALWAYS COME OUT TOGETHER)
WE MET AT THE ALS SUPPORT GROUP MEETING. THE
FIRST DAY WAS SO HARD FOR HIM AND HE HAD A LOT
OF US IN TEARS. AFTER THAT FIRST MEETING HE
ALWAYS HAD A JOKE FOR US.

NONE OF US KNEW ABOUT HIS PAST HISTORY AS
A PROF. HE TOLD US HE WAS A BLACKSMITH.

WE LAUGHED WHEN HE SHOWED US THE WAY HE
RIGGED UP HIS WENCH TO GET IN HIS VAN. I WAS SO
GLAD WHEN HE GOT A NEW DRIVE-INTO VAN.

IF HIS ARMS HAD LASTED NO TELLING WHAT HE WOULD
HAVE INVENTED

AT THE MEETING IN APRIL DOUG TOLD ME HE WAS READY
TO GO. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND HE HAD
WONDERED HOW HE WOULD GO AND WAS AFRAID.
I AM SO GLAD THAT HE WAS AT PEACE WITH IT.

BONNIE HAS BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF THE CARETAKER
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. HER LOVE WAS EVIDENT
EVEN WHEN HE TOLD BAD JOKES.

I'LL MISS YOU DOUG. I AM SAD BUT GLAD THAT YOUR
FIGHT WITH THE MONSTER ALS IS OVER.

YOUR FELLOW ALS FIGHTER,

RETA SETZER