[Sw-l] HAPPY BIRTHDAY Valerie

Fri Feb 22 23:15:44 UTC 2019

Thank you Erika! I remember my Dad enjoyed meeting you and was very proud that such a fine professor was interested in SignWriting - thank you for your friendship and your work with SignWriting all these years.

And congratulations on this book award!

Honorable mention, Edward Sapir Book Prize in Linguistic Anthropology
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/SABINbookpage.html <http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/SABINbookpage.html>

Val ;-)

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> On Feb 22, 2019, at 3:09 PM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <erhoffma at OBERLIN.EDU> wrote:
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> Valerie, my family and I are sending you all our love. I feel so fortunate to have had the chance to spend time with your father; what a beautiful, thoughtful, talented, interesting person who made such important contributions to the world in so many ways, including the support of SignWriting. 
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> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:05 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> February 22, 2019
> 
> My dearest friends, and Stefan!
> 
> This is a very big gift to all of us, to hear from you again.
> 
> THANK YOU for your birthday wishes, for your art work and animated gifs, for the design of the animation which is really quite fantastic, and thank you for being YOU - Your talent is unending and is always a big part of my happy birthdays.
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> I AM GRATEFUL YOUR HEALTH IS OK, STEFAN - BLESS YOU.
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> Our family has gone through a major transition in the past 12 hours, and I can tell you all that we are very fortunate to know each other. Love and generosity is what the world needs, and I was blessed to be in a family with love and generosity.
> 
> We would not have SignWriting if it were not for my father, who was an ardent fan of SignWriting. I held him in my arms all day yesterday and now he is with the angels, at age 97, and I will never forget my 68th birthday, which brought him home.
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> Because you are my friends, I had to tell you. I need to share with all of you, because you are my online family, and everyone needs family. 
> 
> Thank you again, Stefan, and I will now read the next messages. It is exciting to read messages on the SignWriting List again -
> 
> My love to everyone -
> 
> Val ;-)
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>> On Feb 22, 2019, at 12:10 PM, Stefan Woehrmann <stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com <mailto:stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi Valerie and hi to all SignWriting fans all over the world....and I know that there are so many of them 
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>> Same procedure as every year ---- big smile. 
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>> Let us celebrate!
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>> Today is Valerie`s birthday I want to wish you, Valerie, all the best !!
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>> Today is a wonderful day!
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>> SignWriting is so much fun ....creating little animated gifs I can use the symbols you invented for different reasons!
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>>  TODAY is your day, and thank you, for all the things you doing for the world to become a better place…for your family …for your friends .....  Thanks for your ingenious invention …for your wonderful tutorials   ...  for your generosity to share your ideas with us…and for your friendship ;-)  
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>> I  have created quite a lot of cards and animations over the years, but today is a wonderful opportunity to create another Happy Birthday card just for YOU Valerie. 
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>> So many people around the world will share feelings of gratitude towards you for your never ending patience, respect, strenghth, optimism, humor, .... 
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>> All best 
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>> -- 
>> think positive - think steps - think future
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> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway, she/her/hers
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of Anthropology
> Oberlin College
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> Honorable mention, Edward Sapir Book Prize in Linguistic Anthropology
> http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/SABINbookpage.html <http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/SABINbookpage.html>
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