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From: Suzanne Kimia-Kohanteb (graduate student)
Date: 16 Oct 2006
Time: 03:22:11 -0500
Remote Name: 69.231.24.225
Dear Professor Spillers, What a strong, inspiring, and well-written paper! I enjoyed reading it very much. Our professors at CSUN have taught us the same invaluable lessons you mentioned. Also in the fluency course, I am currently taking, we worked on desensitization and stuttering in public. Being such a supersensitive person, I found the assignment very difficult. I agree with you that anyone in one point in his/her life is invited into the darkness. It all depends how that person responds to that darkness. I had a personal experience that taught me to never give up and always to look at something that can be the most negative experience in my life positively. My fourth child was born at 26 weeks of gestation (14 weeks earlier than she was supposed to). She was 1 lb. and 10 oz. and 17 inches tall. At that point I felt that my life was over. How was I going to deal with this disabled child and take care of the others in an age range between 3-7 years of age? Initially my husband was as devastated as I was, but within two days of her birth his approach changed! He told me that we didn’t know what was ahead for us, to have faith (we always had strong faith) and believe that the best was going to happen. Following his suggestion, I felt free and I wasn’t afraid anymore. Although we went through a rough year, now she is a beautiful, smart, and kind girl that brings so much joy and happiness to our family. Going back to stuttering, as you said it may never go away, but by making a disease, stuttering or any other problem as part of ourselves, the suffering from it will diminish. Sorry for the long story and thanks for such a great paper! Suzanne