Happy Birthday, Stefan!;-)

[Tini Pel]

Oh Stefan,
May I join Valerie wishing you a wonderful day.

 From Henk and Tini.



On 3-Oct-09, at 3:31 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> October 3, 2009
>
> <HappyBirthdayStefan.jpg>
>
>
> 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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