Friday, July 22, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Dear Gail and Randy,

Dear Gail and Randy,

Sandy and I were both saddened when we heard of your diagnosis. Sandy received this book when she walked with a group of women on her tennis team in a "Susan G. Komen For The Cure" event. We hope that it helps you.

We will be thinking of you as you tough this thing out. If you ever need a little emotional boost or diversion we can bring "Service Dog" Bailey (Black Standard Poodle, vest and all) to lift your spirits. Just call.

Love,

Stuart 770-5544
Sandy 822-5762


Stuart

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Fwd: Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now. I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development. If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help? The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out." Any prospective employer could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.



Stuart 

Begin forwarded message:

From: Danielle Levy <danimlevy@gmail.com>
Date: July 19, 2011 10:49:42 PM EDT
To: Stuart levy <bigstu52@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now.  I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development.  If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help?  The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out."  Any prospective employer  could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.

Thank you so much. I can't express to you how thankful and lucky I am to have such grounded and supportive parents. Your email was very heartfelt but I agree that it's not appropriate or worth sending to Farbstein. He wouldn't receive it how you intend. I don't want him to have a negative impact on anyone else that I care about.

I sent out my resume to two other places this afternoon and have two specific attorneys I am going to contact tomorrow.

Part of me is embarrassed and ashamed that I couldn't make it work out. No one wanted it more than I did. Having worked with Keith and other attorneys I know that there are better mentors out there. I want to go back to the days of loving my professional field.

Tonight I'm going to enjoy the first real night's sleep in a long while. Look forward to talking to you tomorrow about my progress.


Love you,

Danielle

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Stuart levy <bigstu52@gmail.com> wrote:

Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now.  I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development.   If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help?  The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out."  Any prospective employer  could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.
Love,
Dad

Dear Mr Farbstein,

Even though we have never met,  we share one thing in common.  Both of us are fathers of young women who worked in your law firm.

I want you to know that throughout my daughter's brief employment with you, I encouraged her to work hard and have a tough skin.  I told her that she would have much to learn from an experienced attorney who kept the lights on for 25 years.   When she ventilated her frustrations to me, I told her that it was good training from an attorney whose tactic is to frustrate the opposition.  Please confirm to me that I was not wrong.  

It would be very sad if  Danielle's first legal experience out of law school should end on a bad note.  As an OBGYN for 29 years in private practice I had the privledge of assisting in the development of scores of young women, nurses and doctors.  Even though I am retired now, I am so happy to bump into one of the young professionals that I helped develop.  Danielle will become an outstanding attorney.  Her employment in your law firm, while short lived, has been an important part of her professional developement.   As a fellow father of a young attorney I ask you to consider her career, future and self esteem.  

Danielle worked hard for you.  Please reassure her and me that you won't undermine her efforts to become the outstanding attorney that we both know she can be.

Sincerely,

Stuart Don Levy MD




Stuart

Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now. I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development. If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help? The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out." Any prospective employer could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.

Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now. I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development. If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help? The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out." Any prospective employer could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.
Love,
Dad

Dear Mr Farbstein,

Even though we have never met, we share one thing in common. Both of us are fathers of young women who worked in your law firm.

I want you to know that throughout my daughter's brief employment with you, I encouraged her to work hard and have a tough skin. I told her that she would have much to learn from an experienced attorney who kept the lights on for 25 years. When she ventilated her frustrations to me, I told her that it was good training from an attorney whose tactic is to frustrate the opposition. Please confirm to me that I was not wrong.

It would be very sad if Danielle's first legal experience out of law school should end on a bad note. As an OBGYN for 29 years in private practice I had the privledge of assisting in the development of scores of young women, nurses and doctors. Even though I am retired now, I am so happy to bump into one of the young professionals that I helped develop. Danielle will become an outstanding attorney. Her employment in your law firm, while short lived, has been an important part of her professional developement. As a fellow father of a young attorney I ask you to consider her career, future and self esteem.

Danielle worked hard for you. Please reassure her and me that you won't undermine her efforts to become the outstanding attorney that we both know she can be.

Sincerely,

Stuart Don Levy MD


Stuart

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Fwd: Ancestry



Stuart 

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Drslevy@comcast.net" <drslevy@comcast.net>
Date: July 16, 2011 5:14:25 AM EDT
To: Danielle Levy <danimlevy@gmail.com>
Subject: Ancestry

Dear Danielle,

Your mom and I were so happy that you and Josh were able to get together on his birthday.  From the photo that Steven e-mailed us it looks like you were having a good time.  

Yesterday Mom and I took Bailey to the dog resort and drove to Sarasota to visit with Grandma Marilyn.  After dinner instead opf driving right back to Fort Myers like we usually do we went up to her apartment and looked at her wedding photo album containing photographs take almost 61 year ago.  Mom wanted to see the photos to give her ideas for the wedding and to have make a photo-display table at Josh's wedding.

As we thumbed through the album old memories and stories began to surface.  
Grandma was only 18 when she got married to Grampa, and there is a treasure of people present at the  wedding in the reception photos.  With the photos come the stories and memories.  The time passed by quickly while Mom/Grandma discussed family history with us.  We nearly missed the cutoff time to pick Bailey up at the dog resort.  I encouraged Grandma to label the photos and to make a genealogy tree.  She was receptive to the idea.  I thought that you would be interested in the family history.  Papa's story and the relationship he had with his mother and step-father is the stuff of which movies are made.

I would encourage you to consider visiting your Grandma, look at her albums, to ask questions and hear the stories, and perhaps help her develop an ancestry chart.  You can share your work with Josh (a special kind of wedding present for him and something that you could feel very proud of many years from now.)

No pressure from me.  It is a window of opportunity that is open now but may not be there for long.  I know how you soak up and mentally archive information about the family and I could not help but think of the times when I told you stories of my childhood to help you fall asleep.

Love,

Dad