Happy Birthday, Stefan!;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 3, 2009




Dear Stefan, and
SignWriting List Members!

Over the years, Stefan has always been so kind to me, to remember my  
birthday. Half the time, I would not even remember my own birthday,  
but Stefan always remembered...Thank you for your friendship, Stefan.

Well this year I decided it was high time that I remember Stefan's  
birthday!

It is my memory that it is October 3rd...today?...I hope I remembered  
that correctly?

It is the same day that Germany celebrates its Unification Day (Tag  
der Deutschen Einheit).  This day back in 1990 brought a happy and a  
very significant event on the world political scene. The symbol of the  
Cold War - the Berlin Wall - was torn down, and East Germans could  
freely face the world.

Stefan's work is also a part of SignWriting history ... His  
development of Mundbildschrift (Woehrmann's SpeechWriting), for  
writing the way the mouth looks while speaking, has been quite  
successful in teaching speech and language to his Deaf students at the  
Osnabruck School for the Deaf. Stefan's textbook, the SignWriting  
Handbook, is purchased in our SignWriting Shop and there are orders  
from around the world for his book...For example, just last week, the  
Green Technical BookStore in Yokohama, Japan, ordered a copy!

So THANK YOU, Stefan, for your important work with SignWriting and  
SpeechWriting...You have contributed to my life, and to our  
SignWriting List members lives too, by giving so warmly of your time,  
giving us all feedback on writing and caring so much about writing  
signs properly with SignWriting...And your SignWriting animation and  
SignWriting art are simply magical!

I think your Deaf students are lucky to have such a positive teacher  
who really cares...

I am preparing a web posting of your recent meeting and work together  
with Eyasu Tamene from Ethiopia...that is coming shortly...I will post  
a message to the List about it in the next few days.

But right now, I want to wish you a very happy birthday. Thank you for  
everything you do!

My attached birthday card is not nearly as magnificent as your cards  
that are created with your digital camera, but here is my attempt to  
say "Happy Birthday Stefan!"

I hope you have a wonderful day and celebrate this day, with the rest  
of Germany!! ;-)


Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

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