Carol said she would like to know more about me. Well, I live in Kalamazoo, MI and I used to be an elementary teacher. Mahalo is Hawaiian for a wide range of greetings, from Hello to Good-bye. Also Thank You, Best Wishes. I use it because that is where my husband and I got married 2-14-94. Specifically on Maui in Kehi, in an old missionary church across from the ocean. Very personal, special and romantic! The marriage has stayed the way it started. Someone asked me what was in Mackinaw Fudge ice cream! Vanilla ice cream with chunks of Mackinaw Island fudge. Very, very good. Also I have been asked what WMUBronco stands for......Western Michigan University, from which I graduated and Bronco is our sport name. I would really like to write more but at this time I am very depressed. Yesterday my husband and I went to Ann Arbor, MI to Michigan Head'Pain and Neurological Inst.. for my check-up with my physician. We did not get home till about 8:30pm and there was a message on our answering machine to call the Borgess Hospital ER. We both were on pins as to what it could be. Well our first guess was one of his kids, when I called and asked if it was someone by the Krohn last name they said no.....couldn't figure out why that was left on our phone. After hanging up it dawned on me that my "Mom" had only us to call if something happened to her. I called and unfortunately I was correct, it was her, she had a stroke. Jane has been like a Mom to me for over 20 years. She helped me through a divorce, anorexia and the death of both parents. We talk on the phone for hours and shop till we drop! Last night my husband and I rushed to the hospital to see her. She can not talk and she has loss of use to a degree on her right side. I then came home and called one of her 3 sons. He lives in Chicago and arrived on the train this am. My husband picked him up. Another son drove in from Detroit but went back tonight and son 3 cannot decide whether to bother coming or not! Needless to say I have had little sleep and am worried sick about what may be the outcome of this. Sorry to take up so much space but I guess eventhough my husband is a good listener I had to get it out on "paper". All I can do is be there for her, she does know people and seems to understand what you say to her, but her speech is just not there. She is even unable to write what she wants to say. So please say a prayer for us or what ever. This is a very critical time. My father had a stroke then 24hrs later had a cardiac arrest. So I am very worried. I am an only child and if not for my husband would be more of a basket case than I am . Thanks for letting me let it all hang out! I hope this was not inappropriate to present to you! Mahalo! WMUBronco.......Suzanne p.s. I get the digest version and have not received any since Sunday. Did I do something wrong?