 Friendship blossoms!
 Good friends Connie and Keith are what Jooly's Joint is all
about.
They have both been members of the
Jooly's Joint webpal members for several years. In
fact, that's how they met!
And now Connie and Keith have met face to face,
despite living on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean!
Connie is 38 and lives in Nashville, Tennessee in
the USA. Connie explains how she came to meet Keith through Jooly's
Joint.
"I was diagnosed with MS in October 1996.
In my desperate search for information, I stumbled across Jooly's Joint.
"It was here that I placed an ad for a
webpal, though not expecting to actually find anyone who might respond. In
fact, several very nice people got in touch! They were all in the same boat
that I found myself in.
"Since then, we have formed lifelong
friendships! Vivien was the first who responded, then Malcolm wrote, and last
but certainly not least, Keith from the UK wrote to me. The rest is history,
and my days are simply not complete unless I can open my email box and find
letters from these fine people.
"Keith has just returned to England from
visiting me on a 10 day holiday from West Yorkshire. What a grand time we had
sightseeing Nashville. The picture shown above was taken at the Parthenon in
Nashville.
"Keith truly a friend for life. Of course we
both have our own families, but the connection that we share due to the MS, as
well as our similiar interests, has created a friendship that will last
forever.
"Keith has primary progressive MS, and mine
is relapsing remitting. I expect both of us looked a bit odd staggering about
the streets of Nashville, but we did not let our MS stand in the way of a great
holiday.
Keith adds, "I stayed with Connie and her
husband for 10 days and had an absolutely wonderful time.
"Connie and Walter were great hosts and we
went to Graceland, Memphis and to the Grand Ol' Opry show in Nashville amongst
many other delights."
Connie says, "I hope to travel with my
husband to England within the next two years, and there I can meet Keith again,
along with my other webpal Vivien in Worcester. Both of them are so very dear
to my heart."
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