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hey taylor,
thought i’d just share how proud i am of you. Your great spirit and heart is a true inspiration.Keep up the good work and stay motivated. will keep u and ur family in my thoughts and prayers.
keisha
Hi Taylor! We haven’t talked in a long time and I trust you are doing well. I remember what a fun day we had meeting President Clinton and (now) Secretary Clinton. I look forward to seeing you again soon. Best, Pete Erickson
Hi Taylor,
It is your two favorite babysitters, Lillian and Holly:). We were thinking about you and wanted to wish you a wonderful rest of the summer. Our love to you and say hi to Mom, Dad and Ellie for us.
Hi Taylor
Just a note to Hi and I heard of the wonderful news of the internship in DC like i told your Dad you will be there so happy
I works in the medical dept at Merrill Lynch
All the best to you. Your father is the best so just listen to him.
hey taylor! happy new year!i was 1 of the students at OKS that listened to your story. ever since u spoke to us ive been inspired me to do whatever my heart disires no matter what my disability may be c ya
Dear Taylor,
Thanx 4 coming 2 my school. My school is Oak Knoll.Your story was really cool like how you got written by those moviestars and the president. Also how you started that organization was really inspiring to me.It makes me think that anyone can make a difference.
Hey its morgan
When u came to Oak Knoll I was soo inspired by what u have accomplished since the horrible tragedy. I hope u r having fun at Georgetown. U will always be in my heart when ever im praying.
Please eamil back id love to hear what u have been up to lately with ur foundation.
Hi Taylor,
I am a sixth grader at Oak Knoll School in Summit.You visited my school about a month ago and gave a very insperational speech to us. After you left I looked at my life through different eyes. Now, I believe that if you can do the things that you do I can over come all of my challenges, big and small. I really enjoyed listening to you talk about your life. ALso,thanks sooo much for the prayer bracelets i wear mine all the time!! hope you are doing well, i hope we can talk sometime!! please e-mail me!!!!!!
Hey Taylor!!:)
When u talked at Oak Knoll {my school} i was inspired. U rlly adapted quickly. When u talked, it was like u wern’t in that wheelchair. Also, u just got over it and dealt with it, insted of hiding and living in the past. Honestly, u made me think twice. Before u talked 2 us, i would think about pretty little things being big. Now, i think about u and step back and think, ” it rlly isn’t that bad.” Girls in my school r wearing the bracelets with a lot of letters filled. My bracelet only has around 6 letters filled in but it’ll be done soon!! Again, Thanks so much for coming 2 our school. U rlly inspired a lot of people!!! Thanks!! 
Mary, Oak Knoll School Jan. 8, 2009
Heyyy Taylor. Happy New Year!! Thanks a bunch for coming to Oak Knoll. I was really inspired by your presentation. When you were done with your presentation, my friend and I came up to you. We are trying to send Save Darfur awareness bracelets to celebrities. Well, we took your advice and we are writing a letter to George Clooney explaining to him what we are doing and we are going to send him a bracelet once we get them. Thanks a bunch!!!!!
*!*!*!*!~AlLy~*!*!*!*
Taylor:
Thanks for visiting Oak Knoll. I really enjoyed your presentation. I am very motivated to make a difference now. If you can make such a big difference in the lives of others, then imagine how much of a difference my class (of 18 kids) can make! Also, thanks for the Prayer Bands. I wear mine all the time. Happy ‘09!
Dear Taylor,
Thanks for comin to our school Oak Knoll in summit, nj and for talking to us about your injury. Even though, u had that injury u overcame it in many ways. You showed us that u made a difference by helping out with Christopher Reeve Foundation. Thanks for giving us the bracelets.
Sincerely,
Caroline
Dear Taylor,
Thank U for coming 2 Oak Knoll. I loved your speech and you were a huge insperation 2 me. The prayer bracelets are really cool and I have already colored in the T for Taylor. That was a good idea. My classmates and I really appreciate it.
Happy Holidays,
Kristi
Hi Taylor,
U came to my school Oak Knool and gave a speech. You are very inspiring to me and you showed me if you become defeated get back up and start again. I hope u come back and give another speech soon.
Faith
Oak Knoll School
PS: I love your ramp it must be really fun.
Heyy Taylor-
I think u r very inspiring after u talked to us @ Oak Knoll. Thanks so much for giving us the bracelets and even just visiting us. U r a very interesting person that will go far if u follow ur dreams. Thank you for taking the time to talk to us and I wish u and ur family the best!!!!! 
!~~**~~! HaNnAh !~~**~~!
Hi Taylor,
Thank you very much for speaking to us at oak knoll! I was very inspired from hearing what you have done and what you have gone through the past few years! I hope you had a great Holiday and a happy New Year! Have a great 2009!
Best Wishes,
Dear Taylor,
Thank you so much for coming to OKS. You were an inspiration to me and my classmates. Thank you also for the prayer bracelets. Happy New Year!
Keelin
Dear Taylor,
how are you doing? I really enjoyed when you came to Oak Knoll. You have inspired me very much. How is Georgetown?? I also hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Best Wishes,
Dear Taylor,
Thank you so much for visiting Oak Knoll
and sharing your isparational story with us. I have learned alot and will never forget your visit and thank you so much for the prayer bracelets
Caroline
Taylor, meeting you and now seeing your website, I have to say I am truly inspired. I hope we get to spend lots of time together. Let’s have a great 2009. Justin
Dear Taylor,
Hello from Mountain Lakes! We wish you continued success with your progress in the new year. Your positive attitude, with the many friends you have gathered as a result, is the true Christmas spirit, and the best gift of all.
Merry Christmas,
Joan, Terry and Julia Sweeney
dear taylor,
I was at your speech at Oak Knoll on Thursday. You are very inspiring in, and if you keep believing great things will happen
Hey Taylor!!! I saw a picture of you and I and I decided to look you up!! You look so good and I am very pride of you. I want a personal update and I have some updated pictures on facebook, of me and my new baby girl. I better hear from you soon!!
~Meka
I Know you have forgotten me,
I just found your E-mail and letter wrote to
Shepherd center.
Please E-mail me and seed me pictures of you and let me know how every thing is going.
I’a at work right now at Shepherd and will let every one know I wrote you.
I am not on the floor anymore I work in the MS
clinic,You will not know this place if you saw it again,It has changed so much,but the people are still the same and thier hearts are even bigger.
Will I’ll writhe again real soon.
Try and write me when you get a change.
Talk soon Glenda
Taylor,
I just saw your article on the ML website and realized it has been way to long since we have seen/spoke with each other. I am so glad to see you are still dominating everything you do. Good luck with the rest of your summer at ML and next year at G-Town… Go Jayhawks!! Lets be in touch.
All the best,
Greg Marcy
Taylor,
I am a Merrill Lynch Employee and your story was on the front page of our website. You are a true inspiration to others. All the best on your internship and your university studies.
Debi
Toronto, Canada
Taylor,
Your story and the devotion of your family is inspiring! I’m not sure if I’d have the strength to go through the path laid before you. Best of luck to you!
Denise
Buffalo, NY
Taylor,
I’m happy to read you’re doing well and “living life”. I too suffer a C5-6 spinal cord injury bakin in 1977 when I was 18 diving into Lake George in upstate NY. I spoke at length to your mother a little over a year ago at a Delbarton fundraiser (I’m friends with the Stenger family) and we discussed your situation and what I’ve gone through in my 31 years post accident.
I hope you keep going forward. You have two choices as I’m sure you are well aware. Live every day to the max and enjoy what you’ve got or sit back and feel sorry for yourself and lrt life pass you by. Keep going for it!
If you’d like to get together to discuss thing, send me an email and I’ll be happy to send my phone number. Thake care and be well.
Timothy Adubato
Randolph, NJ
Dear Taylor,
It has been our pleasure getting to know you these past years at Georgetown and at home. You have shown us all how to live with such a sunny attitude.
You’re a great kid (young man now!) who has an even greater future. Good luck to you and enjoy New York and your many friends tonight!
Fondly,
Joan, Terry and Julia Sweeney
Hi Taylor,
I met your father last week in Manhattan and he shared your story with me. He is so proud of you! You truly are an inspiration. What courage and spirit! Keep up the great work.
Lee Murphy - Oklahoma City
Hi Taylor,
We met you yesterday at Georgetown when we were visiting. Thank you very much for taking the time to stop and talk with us. You made us feel very welcome-true to the welcoming Delbarton Bendictine tradition, of course.
Your website is amazing- very interesting and informative. The pictures especially tell your moving and powerful story. We were not surprised to see the Delbarton community supporting you. It truly is a blessing to be a part of that community which stays with you for life.
You are an incredible young man! Your courage and determination is an inspiration to us all. We wish you all the best in your studies at Georgetown and in your promising business career you look forward to on Wall Street. God Bless You and our prayers are with you!
When we visit Georgetown again, we’ll be sure to look you up.
Sincerely,
Mrs Gobbo and Erik
Hi Taylor:
I met your Dad when he approached me in a Manhattan Starbucks yesterday. What a fan and proud supporter you have there! I am a para and live in Manhattan. If you’re ever in the area give a call (Dad’s got my #) and keep up your marvellous efforts for the cause. Lots of Luck,
Chris
Hi, Taylor. I know your parents and grandparents from Bay Head. Saw your grandmother last summer, both in Bay Head and Lawrence, LI. Our daughter is a 10th grader at Episcopal HS (Alexandria, Va.) and heard you speak there last semester–thought you were a “cool dude”. Please ask your mom to send me an email.
dear taylor, thinking of you and your wonderful family. Happiness and peace to you all .love,mrs. roberti
Taylor you are amazing and never cease to inspire all of us with your determination,courage and spirit. Love always DAD
Hey Taylor,
I really like your new website and wanted to let you know that I enjoyed reading about all of the great things you have been doing. I am really proud of you. Keep up the good work and know that you are an inspiration to many.
Bronson
Taylor,
You’re an inspiration to all of us! Keep up your wonderful spirit!
And by the way…WHERE are the photos of us on this SITE!?! Clinton Dinner?! Come on…let’s put up some KKJr 40th bday photos for the love of Pete!
B
Hey Taylor,
Just got off the phone with you. You are the BEST! An inspiration to EVERYONE in so many ways. Praying for you daily.
God Bless,
Barret Swatek
Taylor,
A quick thought on your summer solstice album.
Photographs with Rachel Hunter: 4
Photographs with cute girls in summer dresses: 5
Photographs with a token male so your album wasn’t totally unbalanced: 1
Photographs with me: 0
OUCH!
Hey Taylor!
I just sent this to your mom, too. Sitting on the corner of Ackerman and Godwin, it was really hard to tell which of you had the biggest grins as the parade passed by. What a tribute! And what an inspiration you continue to be. Thanks
Hey Taylor have been thinking about you and meaning to check out your site/progress. Needless to say I am awed by what you have accomplished and where you are in your life. You look great too in those pictures! Glad you are enjoying Georgetown. I just attended my 15 year reunion at Villanova this past weekend and I can tell you these freindships you are making now will last forever. Best of luck for the rest of school and have fun. Alison Bellino (the old babysitter from Ridgewood!).
Taylor,
I didn’t know about this website before. I’m looking forward to seeing the photo albums (i’m not having luck accessing them now).
All the best!
Taylor,
I am glad to see that you have done so well. I think of you and your family often and was delighted to see this website and all that goes along with it. You are a role model for so many people. Keep it up! Kindest Regards.
Dr. Galler @ Stony Brook
Hey Taylor-
Wow its been way too long. I was thinking about you the other day and thought I would see what you were up to. I hope all is well with you and you are still your crazy self. I facebooked you. I hope you remember me we were in rehab at the same time at Shepherd. Keep in touch.
Jess
Hi Taylor,
I was directed to your amazing website by Kathy Breslin. Kathy and I got to know each other through UVA lacrosse. On Feb. 2, 2007 , my godson had a diving accident in Seattle and suffered a C-6 spinal cord injury. He, like you is a wonderful young man. Your inspirational story will go far to help Stuart and his family as they are in just the beginning stages of this journey.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for your web site!!! I will recommend you to all my friends. Welcome to me on a site!
Hi Taylor:
Remember me? It’s Gina Vergel, who interviewed you for that series I wrote for The Ridgewood News.
I wanted to drop in and say hi! I’m now working for the Home News Tribune in East Brunswick, NJ, we cover Middlesex County. I surf your site every now and again to see what’s going on with you. Seems like you have been doing GREAT!
I hope you’re having a blast at Georgetown. Tell your mom and dad I said hello!
Hey, Big Guy:
I’m writing you on New Year’s Day….recovering from a late night last night and now taking in a lot of football on TV. Despite going to the Eagles game yesterday and starting my Christmas thank you notes, I also took time to reflect on the last year. 2006 was full of change for us all and I’m sure you’ll agree, there’s been quite a lot in your life, too.
Your mom tells me that you are thriving at G’town and I couldn’t be happier to hear this. The pictures on this site also tell me a lot about how rich your life is there.
I’ve got $ 20 bucks that say Eagels over Giant’s next weekend. What do you think?
All the best,
George Brooke
Taylor, you are amazing, Great party last weekend.I’m looking forward to seeing you this weekend and bringing you home.Love Dad
Taylor,
The guestbook is up and running and everything else should be in working order. Its been a pleasure working with you. Best of luck in the future.
Taylor….
Cannot believe the new website…..amazing, just like you!!! Love you……
XOXO’S
Stacey
Hi Taylor,
The new website looks great and I know you are very proud of it. Stem cells look light the difference in many elections. BELIEVE
