Letters to the editor – Nov. 10, 2011
Remember veterans during holidays
To the editor:
As the holiday season approaches, let us remember the veterans of all our many wars who have given so much for their country. Many suffer from physical or emotional injuries from their war experiences. Let us show them that their sacrifices are appreciated, not only on Veteran’s Day, but every day of the year. We say thank you and may God Bless you.
Nancy Lee Kelley
Old Orchard Beach
Don’t let homeless woman freeze on streets
To the editor:
We have a person in our town who is homeless. Her face is like a raisin with furrows and furrows of wrinkles. Her back is perpetually stooped with a big bump near her neck. Her possessions litter the sidewalks – wrapped up in little plastic bags.
I have heard that many people wanted to take her in, but she didn’t want to go. She didn’t want to be confined to four walls. I know she has survived for winters – brutual cold, storms and rain that will shake your bones and yet she lives on. I don’t know what her story is. I only know that I worry about her. I wonder how she survives the people with mean intent, the rough necks riding around in drunken frenzies, and see her all alone – sleeping on a pile of rags.
Back in Boston, I remember the story of a man who froze to death. He lived behind the library. He abandoned life when he found his wife with another man and he drank and drank and ended up on the streets. I worked at a newspaper office and when he died, people came in in tears. They told about what a nice person he was – how his face lit up when he petted animals; how he saved another person from drinking. People were horrified that something like this could happen – that he could freeze in everyone’s backyard and that he was such a nice person.
I only hope that this woman doesn’t meet a similar fate – that someone doesn’t find her lifeless on the sidewalk. And it is like we all have knowledge of this – a collective knowing, but one that we can’t do anything about.
Louise Merriman
Biddeford
Volunteer will be missed
To the editor:
As you enter the Learning Center on the second floor of the Thursday night MS Support Group at Goodall Hospital, you will find facilitator Nancy Albin there.
Quick with a smile and warmth in her voice, she has served the participants of this Sanford area group and their families for more than 18 years. She has been an amazing liaison between those diagnosed with MS and the MS Society and brought information and support to those who want to get connected on a more personal level. We thank Nancy for the tireless hours spent, the friendships cemented and the caring she poured into this community based group.
We wish her well on her new endeavors and she will be sorely missed. Please come and welcome incoming facilitator, Jane LaPoint of Saco, every second Thursday at 7 p.m. All are welcome and there is no cost. Newly diagnosed are especially encouraged to join us.
Heidi Eastman, program manager
Greater New England Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
To the editor:
As the holiday season approaches, let us remember the veterans of all our many wars who have given so much for their country. Many suffer from physical or emotional injuries from their war experiences. Let us show them that their sacrifices are appreciated, not only on Veteran’s Day, but every day of the year. We say thank you and may God Bless you.
Nancy Lee Kelley
Old Orchard Beach
Don’t let homeless woman freeze on streets
To the editor:
We have a person in our town who is homeless. Her face is like a raisin with furrows and furrows of wrinkles. Her back is perpetually stooped with a big bump near her neck. Her possessions litter the sidewalks – wrapped up in little plastic bags.
I have heard that many people wanted to take her in, but she didn’t want to go. She didn’t want to be confined to four walls. I know she has survived for winters – brutual cold, storms and rain that will shake your bones and yet she lives on. I don’t know what her story is. I only know that I worry about her. I wonder how she survives the people with mean intent, the rough necks riding around in drunken frenzies, and see her all alone – sleeping on a pile of rags.
Back in Boston, I remember the story of a man who froze to death. He lived behind the library. He abandoned life when he found his wife with another man and he drank and drank and ended up on the streets. I worked at a newspaper office and when he died, people came in in tears. They told about what a nice person he was – how his face lit up when he petted animals; how he saved another person from drinking. People were horrified that something like this could happen – that he could freeze in everyone’s backyard and that he was such a nice person.
I only hope that this woman doesn’t meet a similar fate – that someone doesn’t find her lifeless on the sidewalk. And it is like we all have knowledge of this – a collective knowing, but one that we can’t do anything about.
Louise Merriman
Biddeford
Volunteer will be missed
To the editor:
As you enter the Learning Center on the second floor of the Thursday night MS Support Group at Goodall Hospital, you will find facilitator Nancy Albin there.
Quick with a smile and warmth in her voice, she has served the participants of this Sanford area group and their families for more than 18 years. She has been an amazing liaison between those diagnosed with MS and the MS Society and brought information and support to those who want to get connected on a more personal level. We thank Nancy for the tireless hours spent, the friendships cemented and the caring she poured into this community based group.
We wish her well on her new endeavors and she will be sorely missed. Please come and welcome incoming facilitator, Jane LaPoint of Saco, every second Thursday at 7 p.m. All are welcome and there is no cost. Newly diagnosed are especially encouraged to join us.
Heidi Eastman, program manager
Greater New England Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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