A top story at 6

We encountered some surreal sorts of moments as the nation celebrated MS Awareness Week March 11-17. As part of this celebration Jennifer and I spent all day Thursday at Central Montcalm High School in Stanton, Mich., sharing our stories with six different classes of students. High school English teacher and our friend, Theresa, had invited us to speak as guest authors after most of her students were assigned to read “Let me tell you about … Becoming the Bat Man” – an essay from our book, “Despite MS, to Spite MS,” – as part of their nonfiction writing...

Our MS story on Sirius XM

We’re so ecstatic that our Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series! In addition to the fact that the Tigers swept the Bronx Bombers to secure their spot in the World Series, their quick ALCS win gave us this weekend to prepare for (and freak out about) one of our biggest interviews ever. How big? I think Jennifer’s recent Facebook post said it best: “Dan Digmann explained this much more eloquently, but all I have to say is, ‘Holy Crap, we’ll be sharing our story about living with MS on XM Radio Monday...

Faith in the face of MS

MS and our story are making it to the East Coast! We spent nearly 45 minutes on the telephone last Monday evening with Paul Kretchmer, producer of the WIHS Journal (104.9 FM) radio program for the Christian radio station based in Middletown, Conn. He had contacted us to follow up on the news release we recently distributed about our book, Despite MS, to Spite MS. While Jennifer and I spent most of the time with Paul discussing our experiences and perspectives with the disease we share, he asked questions that presented the opportunity to talk about one of the most...

Live Fully, Fight Back and Find Hope

Teaming up with the Jenkins Group in Traverse City, Mich., we launched our first nationwide campaign promoting our book, “Despite MS, to Spite MS.” The company worked with us to develop a targeted news release and this week distributed it to nearly 2,400 media outlets nationwide, including magazines, newspapers, websites and radio and television programs. We’ve had some positive responses and are hoping to continue developing interest in the book we wrote to help others. We feel the release that the Jenkins Group developed best captures the essence of our...

Looking forward to going back

We write all the time but it is difficult to find the right words to describe how excited we are about our upcoming speaking event. How great that we are going to share stories and excerpts from our recently published book – Despite MS, to Spite MS – in Dan’s hometown of Monticello, Iowa! Monticello also is the location of Camp Courageous which, along with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, is one of the two organizations benefiting from the sale of our book. Camp Courageous is a year-round respite care and recreational facility for individuals of all...

Your support inspires our efforts

“Just finished my book by Dan Digmann and his wife, Jennifer! Finished it over my lunch hour with tears in my eyes … happy tears! Such a remarkable book by a remarkable couple! ” Reading comments like this one from Nanci in Monticello, Iowa, reassures us that our recently released book is accomplishing what we were hoping for. We wrote “Despite MS, to Spite MS” to increase awareness about Multiple Sclerosis, demonstrate that life doesn’t end with an MS diagnosis, and to touch and inspire others wherever they are in their lives. We are blown away that within...