Dove Tale Writers have banded together because we are addicted. Our drug is the written word. In the privacy of our own psyches, we write about our loves, our demons. We write about our joys, our scars. We write about the places we have been, and the places we hope to go. As one of our Dove Tale authors writes, "There will always be stones to turn and stories to write."
Sunday, January 29, 2006
FDR - Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt is one of my heroes. I believe he had greatest impact in the history of the 20th Century.
Disease was paramount in shaping his leadership. There is some doubt now whether he had polio. Researchers in a 2003 article in a medical journal suggested there was evidence that Guillain-Barre syndrome -- not polio - may have been the cause of Roosevelt's (FDR's) paralysis. No one will ever know for sure.
The important aspect is how this disease shaped the man. He spent time in a place called Warm Springs that offered warm buoyant mineralized waters. His time in Warm Springs brought him into contact with everyday people with difficult problems.
If interested in learning more pick up the Warm Springs DVD. It tells a story in history that few people know about.
Bob
Hey, BB doesn't stand for Bobby Bacon, it stands for Bobby Bloggin...
ReplyDeleteI concur - to all of those in particular who have been reading Shirley's story about FDR & polio as part of the editing circles - take a look at "Warm Springs"...