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Pauline's MND Poetry Page

Pauline Hardy is raising money for Motor Neurone Disease Association
“Pauline Hardy's fundraising”

on 24 February 2011

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Motor Neurone Disease moves fast. It takes away time, it takes away independence and it has no cure. Every day we support people affected by MND. We fund ground-breaking research. We campaign for better care. We’re here for everyone who needs us. Because with MND, every day matters.

Story

<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">The sun, it is shining, the sky, it is blue, I should be happy, I know</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">Spring, it is coming, the weather is warm, plants are beginning to grow</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">I used to love Springtime, would smile in the sun as I drove along in my car</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">Now I am not such an optimist, though I know many people who are</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">I try to think of happier times, when I had full use of my limbs</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">I could run along a sandy beach, jump in the water and swim</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">These days I am wheelchair bound with limited dexterity and strength</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">What I wouldn't give to walk once again or to swim one or two lengths</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">However, I'll have to bite the bullet, accept the bitter blow of fate</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">Try to make my mark on society, for other MND people's sake</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">If you like what you read on this page or see me on U Tube reciting</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">Please donate to the MNDA on 'Just Giving' for a cure, I'm inviting</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">You to give to a worthy cause, to find an end to this cruel disease&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">One which affects lives, destructively, bringing, once, 'normal' people to their knees</p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> </p>

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