My MS lesson

On May 12, Dan and I will join our friends and family in Frankenmuth, Mich., for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s largest fundraiser, Walk MS. The walk is always a great event; good people, good times, an exciting atmosphere, weather that is often awful but despite that, the day is always wonderful. This is the 10thyear for our walk team, Team MonsterS. And I am the lucky captain of the team, which was among the state’s top 100 fundraisers in 2011. Yes, I’m so proud of our team. Which makes it ironic when earlier this week my mom asked, “Don’t you...

Walks MS and what WE do to fight our dis...

Dan and I didn’t have a choice when we were diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and combined we have battled it for nearly 25 years. But we soon realized that the choice was all ours when we decided how we were going to live with the disease. As we’ve often told the members of our MS support group, be your own best advocates in living and dealing with this disease. And members of the group came together on April 30 to do exactly that by participating in the Walk MS event in Midland. With Dan serving as the captain of the group’s team – GC Sea Turtles – our...

Thank you, Barbara!

I was pretty humbled when I read this e-mail I received from our friend (and Dan’s coworker) Barbara. She wrote:         I’ve already made Dan listen to my recap, so now I’ll tell you: The ride was great! We had a rain delay Saturday morning, so it was a long day of riding. We pulled in to MSU at close to 5:30 p.m. But the weather on Sunday was perfect! Everything went well, all the riders and volunteers were so friendly and wonderful. There were about 750 riders. …   Barbara was telling me about her adventures in this year’s two-day Bike MS...