Meet Cyndy-Manager              Cyndy Kauffman,  aiming for my 59th birthday in 2008,  divorced with two grown daughters.  Sharon is married to Shawn and has two children; Dustin was born on Valentine's Day, 1990, and Madeline was born in May 2002.  Kathy married Bob in  2000 and gave birth to Timothy in July 2002.   My grandson Dustin dubbed me Mimi before he could talk, and it's stuck, so I'll always be Mimi to the children. Kathy had her second son, Kyle, in June of 2005. I began losing my hearing as a child, and it became total deafness in my early 30's.  I also developed epilepsy in childhood; it is mostly controlled by daily medication. Over the years I've added hypertension, emphysema, osteoarthritis, neuropathy, and depression.  If I forgot any, I don't want to know!     After a "career" as a computer programmer and analyst,  I retired on disability  in 1994.  Born and raised in Pennsylvania, I've lived here all my life.  My older daughter and her family live in central Pennsylvania, about an hour west of Harrisburg.  My younger daughter and her family live about ten minutes away from me, and I see them every week or two, so I get my grandkid fix fairly often.  Being an empty nester isn't great, but at least I can spread out a bit more now without tripping over toys and firefighter boots!                      My first computer was ostensibly purchased for Kathy to use during her college years.   It quickly became mine, and I've been online just about daily ever since 1997.    During that time I was a staffer on the old  DisAbilities Forum,and in both Arthritis and Chronic Pain in the Chronic Diseases and Disabilities Forum.  It's good to be back with Dan and a great group of people. You may email me at cyndykay  and my server is   at comcast.net