Jennifer and I have been together for nearly a decade, but she has yet to set foot into my parents’ home. We’ve gone back to my hometown of Monticello, Iowa, to spend Easter with my family each year, but the three steep steps leading into their home make it impossible for Jennifer to get inside…… Continue Reading
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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…… Continue Reading
"Come and see"
This Lenten season our church – Immanuel Lutheran Church – developed a devotional booklet where different members of the congregation wrote their individual reflections on John 1:43-51. Here is the devotional we wrote that appears for today, March 12. How convenient that this appears during National MS Awareness Week, March 12-18. We share Nathaniel’s uncertainty…… Continue Reading
You're invited!
National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week is March 12-18, and we have an incredible opportunity to increase people’s understanding of this chronic disease of the central nervous system. Central Michigan University’s Clarke Historical Library has invited us to present as part of its annual Speaker Series, and our event is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, March…… Continue Reading
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…… Continue Reading
'Despite MS, to Spite MS'
I keep telling Jennifer, “This really is going to happen!” We’ve written our book, “Despite MS, to Spite MS.” Our designer sent it to the printer on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and we’re hoping you are as excited to read it as we are to share it with you! “Despite MS, to Spite MS” is a…… Continue Reading
Bug bites
A bug usually bites me a couple times each year, but its most recent nip was somewhat venomous. Try as I may, I can’t seem to stop scratching the mark it left. It’s like any other bug bite: Each time the bite itches, I scratch it. Again. And again, and again, and again … It’s…… Continue Reading
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing – the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work. Did you celebrate World MS Day on May 25? When I think back on my past life, I really wouldn’t…… Continue Reading
Walks MS and what WE do to fight our disease!
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…… Continue Reading
Contributing to HealthCentral
A few weeks ago we received an exciting invitation to serve as regular contributors to HealthCentral, an online resource whose mission is to empower millions of people to improve and take control of their health and well-being. Along with our blog here, writing for HealthCentral will enable us to connect with even more people dealing…… Continue Reading