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Summer 2004 Volume 8 Issue 2

Celebrating Renewed Life
After Transplant

June Nick Dye, Liver '00
Sandra Villareal, Liver '00
Dan Rossi, Liver '01
Bill Fogg, Liver '01
Paula Feazell, Liver '02
July Tom Rebosky, Heart '97
Daniel Ronco, Kidney '99
Dr. Richard Darling, Liver '01
August Brena Shonahan, Liver '85
Charles Mora, Heart '93
Francis Rivera, Kidney '97
Mary Mireles, Liver '99
Herman Tse, Kidney '00
John Murray, Liver '01
If we missed your anniversary, please e-mail, write or phone The United Organ Transplant Association, Inc. 2738 S. Cucamonga Ave. Ontario, CA (909) 923-7114

Think Gasoline is Expensive

Put Things Into Perspective Consider the Following: Diet Snapple 16 oz. = $1.29 .......$10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz. = $1.19 ......$9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz. = $1.59 ...........$10.17 per gallon
Cranberry Juice 16 oz. = $1.25 ....$10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz. = $3.15 ........$33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz. = $8.35 ......$178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz. = $3.85 .......$123.20 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz. = $.99 ..............$84.48 per gallon
And this is the real kicker... Evian water 9 oz. = $1.49............$21.79 per gallon

Give thanks for everything you have,
For everything you receive,
And for everything you are going to receive.
Never cease to give thanks,
For this positive attitude towards life-
The very act of giving thanks-
Draws the best out of you,
Helps to keep your heart and mind open:
Helps to keep your awareness expanding.
The more blessings you count,
The more they will increase.

Commandments
for a Happier Life

From Our Internet Friends

  • Thou shall not worry, For worry is the most unproductive off all human activities.
  • Thou shall face each problem as it comes, You can handle only one problem at a time.
  • Thou shall not cross bridges before you come to them, For no one has yet succeeded in accomplishing this.
  • Thou shall be a good listener, For only when you listen do you hear ideas that are different from your own. It is very hard to learn something when you're talking.
  • Thou shall not re-live yesterday for good or ill, It is gone. Concentrate on what is happening in your life today.
  • Thou shall count thy blessings, Never overlook the small ones - For a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

What's "UP"?

From Our Internet Friends

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP".

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP the minutes?

We call UP our friends, we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this is confusing: a drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP for now, my time is UP, so I'll shut UP.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.