[Viva] Women at the Gathering

[shelly tognazzini]

Good morning all,

I 100% agree Denise! The are issues facing each of us everyday that impact
our quality of life and I hazard a confident guess that many of these
issues stem from HIV, our diagnosis and living with it.  Particularly and
specifically as women.

I have good news and bad news, (and some of you may already know this);

Good news is I am going to volunteer in and around Nairobi, Kenya for a
month at a Women and Children's HIV Program! I am leaving March 13th and
returning the 19th of April.  I have been fundraising for the past few
months and hope to make a significant donation to the community in which I
am placed. I am super thrilled to be giving back on a global level, and
also, to be finding a healthy and empowering way to deal with the
depression I have been dealing with for the past few years. I feel alive
again in a way I haven't felt for quite some some time.

The bad news is: I will miss the Gathering, and seeing all of you beautiful
women.

While away I am not going to be bringing technology, but will sent some
pics when I get to an internet cafe. Anyways, look forward to hearing how
the Agenda shapes up, and more thoughts and discussion on line.

Happy Saturday morning!



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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Denise Wozniak <deniseswozniak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am just throwing some thoughts out there for the Positive Gathering.  It
> would be great if we, as women, could control our own agenda at the
> Gathering.
>
> How can ViVA be a group advocating for change - mentally, physically and
> socially?  What do we feel about the purpose of life and the meaning and
> how did we change after diagnosis?
>
> In addition, I am concerned about some anxiety meds and their
> effectiveness as well as side effects from our HIV meds as we age.
>
> I am tired of talking about what the past was and want to talk about what
> is happening now and what our future is.  Does anyone feel the same?
>
> Denise
>
>
>
> *Denise Wozniak*
> www.denisewozniak.com
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> "Have a backbone, not a wishbone"
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