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Subject: "You'll never know" - March06, 2007

"I Believe in you!"

A message of Hope...stories from the road.

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Thank you! Those words seem so inadequate, so trivial, and yet, they

come from the deepest part of my being.

As of 3/5/07, 37 people took me up on my offer to "sell myself" for

"One day in April" to help my son, Keith keep his promise.

For those of you offering prayer for this medical miracle of birth, I am

also forever grateful to you.

I refer to you all as "Friends I've never met." But

we've met, I'm sure. Somewhere in a place called

hope and one day in a place called Eternity.

Love always and all ways

Bob and Marianne Perks

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Perks Pearl of Wisdom

"The saddest words you'll never hear..."You'll never know" if you

vow to keep on trying."

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"One day in April"

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"You'll never know"

"You'll never know," he said. And with that thought I began

I was giving up. I was calling it quits. I threw in the towel

and all the other clich?s one could come up with.

That is until I heard, "You'll never know."

It sounded so sad. It felt so wrong. It was so final.

To never know what might have been would one day, in the

future, perhaps even in the final days of my life, haunt me desperately.

Hearing this made me think about all the things I ever tried and all the things I

wanted to do but didn't.

Consider this, my friend...

You'll never know how much you could be loved if you never

You'll never know how far you'd go, if you never took the first step.

You'll never know how good it would feel to rise up and try again,

if in falling down you stayed there.

You'll never know the taste of success if not succeeding once,

caused you to give up for good.

You'll never know the heights you could reach if you never climb a mountain.

You'll never know the help you'd get if pride caused you to never ask for it.

You'll never know the true sound of laughter if you never learn to

You'll never know how much you have until you learn how to give it all away.

You'll never know the ups of life if all you see is down.

You'll never know the real power of faith unless you pray for

someone other than yourself.

You'll never know what you could have been if you never even try.

You'll never know the value of a friend until you become one.

"You'll never know how much I believe in you, until you begin to believe in yourself."

I encourage you to share my stories but I do ask that you keep my name and

contact information with my work.

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RE: "One day in April"

Bob,

You just gave me goosebumps. My check will be in the mail. Best wishes to Keith!

Cynthia

Bob,

I fear the same thing as Keith. I have 2 chronic illnesses which need treatment with horrible drugs, all

of which could affect my fertility. When I was 18months old my parents were told that I would need

horrendous drugs, and would be left sterile. From when I was 2 years old, whenever anyone asked

me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said "A mummy and..." the second thing always

changed but never the first. Mum broke the news to me when I was 12 that I probably would never

be able to have children, and with each new treatment I had/have I always ask about my fertility.

One doctor was even so harsh as to say "You have 2 chronic illnesses that are hereditary... does

fertility even matter?" I know that pain all to well when someone announces that there's a baby on

the way. I idolize my 3 nieces and nephew, my youngest niece is named after me. I treat them as

my own just incase they're all I'll have. But... I believe that I WILL have my own babies one day.

It might be a team effort to get them, like Keith's... but they'll come. Keith and the rest of you are

in my thoughts and prayers. Unfortunately that's all I can afford to give you at the moment.

(my note: "That's more valuable than anything else...Bob")

With love,

Lena

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye."