<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>February 22, 2011</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Stefan, Bill, Yuri, Ingvild, Tim, Lucy and Erika!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for celebrating my 60th birthday with me around the world. You are all special friends who have made my life rich, and you all have contributed so much to the world - each one of your birthdays...all of your lives...are so precious to me and to the world... so we celebrate life together today!</div><div><br></div><div>My family and I were told the day I was born, that I would not live long...first they predicted three days to live, then three years to live, then, and then and then....throughout my life...no fault of any doctors....they predicted the worse scenario because they did not know...</div><div><br></div><div>Now I am 60 years old and I am fine! Part of the reason I am doing so well, is all of your participation with SignWriting - I do not know how to express my thanks to all of you, because there are no words to express the feelings of gratitude -</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your messages below, and thank you Stefan for your second card which is beautiful as always - and I just received a SignMail in ASL that is so charming that I will share it with you next message and teach newcomers how to read it in SignWriting -</div><div><br></div><div>May we live new decades together on the SignWriting List!</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 21, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="DE" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Hello Valerie,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">and again – time so sing „Happy birthday...“<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Thank you so much for all you are doing for us around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Take care and all the very best...<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Stefan ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><img id="f0081e8c-4356-4daf-9479-952cd21b93d3" height="425" width="734" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1C6A8CF2-1D17-4682-A2BF-CBA21CEA6E32"></div></span></blockquote></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="DE" link="blue" vlink="purple"><br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Bill Reese wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Happy Birthday Val! May your day be glorious and happy and bright!<br><br>Bill<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>------------</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Yuri Barreto wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; "> Valerie, parabéns pra você!<div><br></div><div> Saúde, paz, e felicidades!</div><div><br></div><div> Yuri</div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 2:31 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Happy Birtday - Gratulerer med fødselsdagen<br><br>Ingvild <br></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>---------</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:44 AM, Timothy W. Grove wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>And a very happy birthday to you from the UK! Sorry I haven't been on the list for awhile, but I couldn't miss adding this post! I hope you have a great day!<br><br>Best regards,<br>Tim<br><br>p.s. off to the shops to do some last minute shopping for my wife's birthday!:-)</div></blockquote><br></div><div>------</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:42 AM, Lucy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Happy Birthday, Val! :-)</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Lucy</font></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>--------</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Erika Hoffmann wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Happy (slightly early) birthday Val!!!<br>I hope you will have a special day!<br>Love,<br>Erika</blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------</div><br><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Val ;-)<br><br>Valerie Sutton<br>SignWriting List moderator<br><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br><br>Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br>sw-l@listserv.valenciacc.edu<br><br>SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<br>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist<br><br>Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<br>http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</div></span>
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