Re: HPB journey (FWD fairy tale)

Carmen, this is beautiful.  Admittedly, I don't usually read long
posts carefully, but I read every word of this.  How inspirational and
sweet.
Welcome back, *Happy* Polar Bear!!!
Sue

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:15:33 -0400, "PolarBear" <carmensk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>Once upon a time there was a little bear called PolarBear who was smoking

>for many years. Eventually he decided that she no longer wants to smoke
and 
>looked for a sup****ting group and found AS3. The bear made AS3 her family

>and made many new friends. The PolarBear had quit on 21 January 2004 and 
>joined a group called Rockers (January2004). The bear asked to join the 
>group and was welcomed with opened arms. She follow the leaders (Maude)
path 
>and was very happy. So she decided that with so much love around her she 
>should change her name to HappyPolarBear.
>
>After three years the bear decided to wander off on its own and hardly 
>checked in with his home or the rockers and eventually got lost and took
the 
>wrong path. The little bear was so unhappy that she deleted the H from
her 
>name and decided that she will never use it again until she didn't smoke
for 
>one week. The bear walked so many different paths and got very tiered. It

>took her over a year to find the right path and return home.
>
>The bear was very lucky that the door to her home was not locked and her 
>family and friends welcomed her back. Over the last weeks the bear found 
>love and sup****t and happiness again. With help of AS3 the bear made it 
>through the first week and is now very happy to use the H again. H= HAPPY
>
>/me now has party time...
>/me pulls out all the snow balls and writes THANK YOU on them
>/me tosses a big ball to Stephanie - thanks for your sup****t and 
>encouragement, E-mail sup****t.....
>/me tosses a big ball to Maude for showing her the right pass
>/ me tosses two balls to Robb and Adam and writes on them KEEP GOING THIS

>WAY DON'T GIVE UP
>/me tosses all the rest of her balls to everyone in her family and
friends 
>(you know who you are) to say thank you.
>/ me keeps one ball in the freezer for Steve S when he comes back.
>/me keeps one ball for herself written on it "I CAN DO IT"
>
>I know normally people give a speech on their OF but I just felt like
giving 
>one for my FWD. Maybe I just skip the one on my OF. :)
>
>HappyPolarBear
>One week, two days, 1 hour, 41 minutes and 16 seconds. 90 cigarettes not 
>smoked, saving $37.19.