[Viva] Women at the Gathering

[Denise Wozniak]

Wow Shelly, what a wonderful opportunity and you are fabulous for
volunteering! I look forward to hearing about your trip. I'm sorry we will
not see you at the Gathering but way to go, girl!

Denise

On Feb 11, 2017 10:02 AM, "shelly tognazzini" <shetognazzini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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*
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