What a sad world we live in

[stevebody]

Living out here in the PacNW, I have almost forgotten how genuinely nice people in the middle of the country can be. Last week we took a trip to St. Louis to have Judye evaluated by the team of Dr. William MacDonald, the surgeon who has been working with Christopher Reeve. From the minute we hit St. Louis, everyone was as friendly, courteous, helpful, and WARM as anywhere I have ever been. From the car rental guys to the hotel clerks, to the doctors, everyone smiled, asked how they could help us, went out of their way to make us comfortable...it was just such a breath of fresh air. It's not that people in Seattle are unfriendly, but there's a level of openness we never gain, here. We went from there to Joliet, IL, and it was much the same there. I take back anything snotty I might have ever said about the Midwest. We're going back in December for in-patient therapy and I can't wait.