Bebelestrnge0721
December 26th 04, 07:27 PM
>Subject: Weird things ...
>From: 'Kate
>Date: 12/26/2004 1:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>I have a professor (won't say his name) who is somewhat elderly. He
>had a stroke not too long ago but his mind/speech is just fine... he
>cannot drive though so students volunteer. I was one of this years
>volunteers- it was no trouble. I drive past his subdivision.... it
>only meant leaving 20 minutes earlier so that we could transfer cars
>and stuff. Anyway... after class one day, he told me that he was
>going back to India this Christmas break. He was scheduled to speak
>at a conference and this would be his last trip home. He had emigrated
>to the US some number of years ago from India.
>
>A little about the Dr. - He raised his daughters as a single parent.
>He brought them to the US (I believe this was shortly after the Bhopal
>disaster). As he was working to support his daughters, he went to
>school to reearn the degree that would not transfer to the US. He
>then went into private practice. He now teaches at the university.
>His daughters are grown and on their own.
>
>Two years ago, one of his daughters committed suicide. Then his stroke
>from which he recoverd fairly well. A couple of days ago, he was found
>outside the post office. He had been hit by the door (he's a
>diminutive man being from India) and was found lying on the ground by
>someone who knew him. He's conscious now but was in ICU with brain
>swelling and could not speak but could acknowledge what people said.
>He's being moved to a rehab hospital. I felt sad that he was not going
>to be able to go home for Christmas.
>
>Today, I woke up to news of the tsunami that resulted from the
>earthquake off the coast of India. I remember Dr. S. saying that he
>was going to be on the coast... we had a discussion about how
>beautiful the beaches and the Indian Ocean are.... I knew he was to
>have stayed at the beach. I dunno... weird world.
>
>
"They" say things happen for a reason, that there are no coincidences? Yes a
weird world..........hope he recovers well.
I was saddened by the loss of life as I read the article this morning, mother
nature is a mean woman sometimes. Bev
>From: 'Kate
>Date: 12/26/2004 1:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>I have a professor (won't say his name) who is somewhat elderly. He
>had a stroke not too long ago but his mind/speech is just fine... he
>cannot drive though so students volunteer. I was one of this years
>volunteers- it was no trouble. I drive past his subdivision.... it
>only meant leaving 20 minutes earlier so that we could transfer cars
>and stuff. Anyway... after class one day, he told me that he was
>going back to India this Christmas break. He was scheduled to speak
>at a conference and this would be his last trip home. He had emigrated
>to the US some number of years ago from India.
>
>A little about the Dr. - He raised his daughters as a single parent.
>He brought them to the US (I believe this was shortly after the Bhopal
>disaster). As he was working to support his daughters, he went to
>school to reearn the degree that would not transfer to the US. He
>then went into private practice. He now teaches at the university.
>His daughters are grown and on their own.
>
>Two years ago, one of his daughters committed suicide. Then his stroke
>from which he recoverd fairly well. A couple of days ago, he was found
>outside the post office. He had been hit by the door (he's a
>diminutive man being from India) and was found lying on the ground by
>someone who knew him. He's conscious now but was in ICU with brain
>swelling and could not speak but could acknowledge what people said.
>He's being moved to a rehab hospital. I felt sad that he was not going
>to be able to go home for Christmas.
>
>Today, I woke up to news of the tsunami that resulted from the
>earthquake off the coast of India. I remember Dr. S. saying that he
>was going to be on the coast... we had a discussion about how
>beautiful the beaches and the Indian Ocean are.... I knew he was to
>have stayed at the beach. I dunno... weird world.
>
>
"They" say things happen for a reason, that there are no coincidences? Yes a
weird world..........hope he recovers well.
I was saddened by the loss of life as I read the article this morning, mother
nature is a mean woman sometimes. Bev