[Groop] Groo Coup!

[Chris Schechner]

Gary (and the rest of you silly people),

I would love to come out to the con some time and meet all of you and spend
time doing goofy groop stuff. I actually have met Sergio and Mark a long
time ago at a con here in the Dallas area. I probably will do it some year,
but it¹s rather hard for me to travel. I have only shared this with Gary and
Paul (Animal) Weiske (sp?), but since I¹ve been a member of this groop for
so many years, I guess it¹s time to let you know. I actually am disabled.
(Sorry Eric. I¹m not doing this because you said anything.) 34 years ago
this past Saturday, I suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident. As
a result, I am a quadriplegic. I decided early on that I could give up or I
could move forward with my life. I chose the latter. I finished school,
learned how to draw all over again (my hands are paralyzed), learned how to
live independently as possible, and created, by God¹s grace, a good life for
myself. I won¹t pretend that it¹s been easy, but my life is rich and full. I
am surrounded by people who love me, I enjoy my work (I art direct a
magazine), I have two grown kids and three grandkids, and all in all, I¹m
quite satisfied with where I am. One drawback, however, is that it¹s hard
for me to travel. So that¹s why I don¹t come to San Diego. I love people and
would really enjoy being with you folks. You¹re a great bunch. I¹ll get out
there sometime. In the meantime, enjoy it all for me as well. I¹ll be
organizing the non-carpool for next year.

Love to you all!
Chris (Glorko)

on 7/12/05 8:06 PM, GARY GROSSMANN at grossfamm at comcast.net wrote:

> Well, er, I guess.  Um.  What was the question?
> 
> Chris, my friend, you MUST come to the Con sometime.  Sergio would, I know,
> love to meet you.  I'm going to show him some of your cartoons.  Frankly,
> one of the reasons I think he likes me and George Karalias so much is that
> we are super fans and a little crazy and eccentric, but we are also
> normal(?) (Well, relatively) folks with real jobs and real lives and YOU
> definitely fall into that category too.  Besides, Becky & I want to meet
> you.  (We're not enough to get you out there, but I'm hoping Sergio is!)
> 
> So please, please come.  Come next year!  George is hoping to make it.
> 
> Take care -Gary G.
> 

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