Calvin's dad would say, it builds character.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

In the Fall of 2004, I started grad school at SUNY
Geneseo.Steve was my main reason
for continuing at Geneseo, as he still had 1 more year and I wanted to stay
close to him.During the day I
worked for the Arc as a life skills assistant in home for people with
disabilities and in the evenings I took classes toward my Masters degree.

I have always been patient, and my
experience struggling to make my body do things I needed it to do gave me a
deeper understanding of the frustration that faced the people I was helping at the Arc residences. One of the guys with cerebral palsy, "Bob"*, would get angry if he fell. If you asked if he was hurt, he would respond,troops through her radio show. She loved Japan and as a young woman exploring the world for the first time I'm sure she was having the time of her life. The people she worked with must have been a close group of friends and I can imagine the laughter and music that filled their young lives. The announcer for her show, Edward McDonald, later became her husband, and the pianist who accompanied her, Johnny Baker, was a close friend.

When they returned to the United States, Anita and Edward married and started their family. He continued to work in radio, and later in early television and she worked hard to raise their 3 children. Over the years they lost touch with the people they had served with in Japan.

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