QueenoftheSloths
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Member Since January 2004, 2,698 forum posts PeaNut Number: 122614 PeaBoard Title: StuckOnPeas
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Dec 25, 2020 3:12:15 GMT
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scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
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Location: Northern Virginia
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Dec 25, 2020 3:34:39 GMT
Oh, I read those books too (about the same time as you) and recognized the name immediately. Sorry to hear the news.
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Post by librarylady on Dec 25, 2020 3:37:42 GMT
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 25, 2020 3:40:43 GMT
Why does the wiki say she died in Oct?
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QueenoftheSloths
Drama Llama
Member Since January 2004, 2,698 forum posts PeaNut Number: 122614 PeaBoard Title: StuckOnPeas
Posts: 5,955
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Dec 25, 2020 4:05:10 GMT
Why does the wiki say she died in Oct? She may have died then and the news just came out. She was famously private. |
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Post by jinxmom2003 on Dec 25, 2020 4:07:39 GMT
Why does the wiki say she died in Oct? From the NYT article. She died on Oct. 30 in a skilled nursing facility in Port Chester, N.Y., in Westchester County, having lived independently for many years. |
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Post by corinne11 on Dec 25, 2020 13:14:51 GMT
I clicked on your link out of curiosity - had no idea who she was. However, her story sounds very interesting so now I am going to go and look her up. My nephew was born premature and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy by age 4. He had his struggles at school with being teased for "running funny". When he was about 11 my mum saw an article in the paper about tryouts for children with disabilities for different sports and encouraged him to enter. He already swam regularly but decided to give running, soccer and athletics a go! He went on to travel interstate for soccer but soon discovered he enjoyed and was successful with running and long jump. Long story short - By 15 he had travelled to Switzerland, England and Dubai to compete in World championships. He even walked the Great Wall of China to help raise funds for children with Cerebral Palsy. His dream was to be chosen for the Australian Paralympic team and walk into the stadium for the Rio 2016 Olympics. We were beyond excited to watch his dream come true as he made the team and did indeed walk into that stadium aged 18 years old. We stayed up late to watch his event - Long jump - his performance gave him his personal best, Paralympic record and a GOLD medal! He was heading to Tokyo before Covid and has not decided whether to continue with sport or focus on his university studies. We are so proud of him and I enjoy reading other stories of people who faced adversity and achieved great things. Thanks for sharing.  Corinne |
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Post by deshacrafts on Dec 25, 2020 14:14:15 GMT
Thank you for posting this. I read both of the books when I was a teenager. I still have my copy of “With Love From Karen”. I had both books, but somewhere over the years when we moved the original book was lost. They made such an impression on me I didn’t want to ever get rid of them.
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Post by karenk on Dec 25, 2020 22:55:33 GMT
I remember reading the book, especially since we shared the same initials.
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Post by paulao on Dec 26, 2020 1:39:52 GMT
I read both the Karen books. I’m 63, but it seems like her life was so much before mine.
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mimima
Drama Llama
Stay Gold, Ponyboy
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Post by mimima on Dec 26, 2020 2:08:35 GMT
My mom had the books when I was growing up - I read them as well.
May her Memory be Eternal. I'm glad that she had a good life.
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