[bookport] Re: Reconnecting...Long Past Due
- From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:28:02 -0800
Hi,
I too wish to apologize to the list. i was so pleased to receive nolan's
note that i just hit reply. Very sorry and happy holidays to you all.
replied
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Reconnecting...Long Past Due
> Hello Nolan,
> What a wonderful life you are living. I know that you are so proud of
> your
> eldest daughter for going into journalism like her Dad. BYU is an
> outstanding university.
> I certainly do remember our struggle to gain health insurance for you and
> your family and the staff of ACB. i really caught it from leRoy but if
> was
> well worh it.
> I am now retired from teaching. i taught for 37 wonderful years. I am
> the
> President of helping hands for the Blind and in our small way, we are
> continuing the struggle in our service to the blind. Great hearing from
> you
> and may i wish you the happiest of holiday seasons. My wife, Ruth Ann
> sends
> the same message to you.
> Bob Acosta
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Crabb, Nolan" <Nolan.Crabb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 11:58 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Reconnecting...Long Past Due
>
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> I can't thank you enough for writing to the Book port list to invite me
>> to write you privately. It's something I've been meaning to do and
>> wanting to do for a great long time now, and I'm truly grateful to you
>> for giving me the opportunity.
>>
>> You asked what I'm doing these days. Ah, long story, but in the
>> interest of preserving your sanity, I'll keep it relatively quick and
>> mostly painless. <smile>
>>
>> I'm currently working in Missouri as the adaptive technology trainer for
>> staff and clients of the rehab agency here. I discovered some years ago
>> that I thoroughly loved teaching others and watching the difference new
>> knowledge makes. It's way less stressful than was the Braille Forum
>> gig, and I'm way glad that one's behind me.
>>
>> I love what I do here. There's some detective work when someone calls
>> with a problem that I've not seen before. Finding the solution is more
>> fun than frustrating. And then, providing training...watching lives
>> change as people implement what you've taught...well, who better than
>> you to understand the fulfillment in that, I suppose.
>>
>> Bob, there's something I've always wanted to say to you and never
>> did...and it reflects badly on me--the fact that I've not done so.
>>
>> Many years ago, when you were on the ACB board of directors, you were
>> the engine and the catalyst behind the procurement of health insurance
>> for my children at ACB's expense. I don't know if you remember that,
>> but I've never forgotten, and I've never stopped being grateful. The
>> huge regret I have is that I never found you privately to say thanks.
>> Your personal efforts that day in that meeting did much to improve my
>> life and the lives of my family. As said, any time in those years
>> when one of them got hurt or sick, I silently expressed heart-felt
>> thanks for Bob Acosta and the courage required to help people make a
>> difficult decision. As I said, I am saddened by the fact that I waited
>> this many years to tell you thanks.
>>
>> I once asked Pat Price whether she thought you'd mind if I contacted
>> you. She said you'd probably welcome the contact, but I guess I let the
>> self doubt creep in, and I questioned frankly whether you'd even
>> remember me at all. So I let that urge go the way of all good
>> intentions, sadly enough.
>>
>> So when you wrote and asked me to write you privately, I knew I
>> desperately needed to extend a most grateful hand of thanks and
>> fellowship. I guess none of us know the degree to which decisions we
>> help influence can make positive differences in the lives of others.
>> That was certainly true in your case where that decision over health
>> insurance was concerned. I'm not sure I would have survived life in
>> Washington economically without the benefits of that decision, and I've
>> long appreciated your courage. =20
>>
>> As to the family, they're all mostly grown. One of the four girls is
>> married and studying journalism at BYU. I've tried to talk her out of
>> it, knowing how little the business pays, but she must have seen
>> something of the intrinsic rewards it offers, so my persuasion has
>> always been pretty half-hearted. The truth is, I'm thrilled that she's
>> going in that direction. She's had several things published both in the
>> student newspaper and on the BYU radio system. She's already a far
>> better writer than her old man ever was. <smile>
>>
>> The youngest child, who was born a month after we got to Washington, is
>> now almost 15. that's hard even for me to believe, but true just the
>> same.
>>
>> I hope you're well, and of course, it's good to see your name on the
>> Book Port list. Thanks again for writing. I'm genuinely honored and
>> pleased to make this reconnection.
>>
>> Kindest Regards,
>> Nolan
>>
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