Years ago the rep in Illinois had us all write letter to Oprah to try to get
on her show. They did get lots of letters but were told that there are so
many disabilities that they could not focus on one. But I think if we try
again, they will remember the last time we tried and maybe we can pester
them into a show! Good idea!

Lisa Liesz
Schaumburg, Il (Erin 12 del+, Kelsey 9 & Sean 6)
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathydemo@... <Kathydemo@...>
To: angelman-l@... <angelman-l@...>
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: email Oprah


>Dear fellow listservs
>
>I had a really great idea recently and wanted to see what you all thought.
I
>am a huge fan of Oprah Winfrey even though I often miss her program because
>life keeps getting in the way. Anyway every time she talks about her angel
>network I think " I know a real angel and several more." Maybe I am going
out
>on a limb here but I think a lot of you may feel like I do and would like
to
>create angel awareness. That way other undiagnosed angels could be
>discovered. Also I don't find my son's syndrome embarrassing and I don't
mind
>talking about it but it is kind of hard to tell it all in the line to
someone
>in the grocery store why my child is laughing hysterically at nothing
really.
>I know a child with Downs syndrome when I see one and I know people wonder
>what is up with my child. I would wonder too. Most people wouldn't dream of
>asking even though I wouldn't mind. Wouldn't it be neat though if some
people
>just knew that they were seeing an angel. Oprah has such incredible
exposure.
>Everyone who feels as I do should e-mail her and tell her that we have real
>angels. She is always looking for change your life stories. We have all
been
>changed by our angels and there are many spiritual and positive changes
that
>go along with the more obvious difficult changes. If anyone thinks this is
a
>good idea, let me know. We could all bombard her on the same day. If we
don't
>get a response then we keep trying. Hope you don't think I'm crazy but
maybe
>some of us could show our beautiful angels to the world through an
inspiring
>medium.
>
>Kathleen