Six days ’til the Crim 8K. Here’s the fourth installment of my essay: Tonight I’ll be on that hill `cause I can’t stop I’ll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost From “Darkness on…… Continue Reading
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Running with MS, pt. 3
The 8K at the Crim is 12 days away, and here’s the third installment of my essay: “And it’s about now that I always think to myself that there probably are healthy, able-bodied people out there who would kill themselves if they felt as good as I do …” As I…… Continue Reading
Running with MS, pt. 2
’Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name And when you realize how they tricked you this time And it’s all lies but I’m strung out on the wire In these streets of fire From “Streets of Fire” by Bruce Springsteen I glance down at my feet and I see them striding in…… Continue Reading
Running with MS
As I’m down to less than three weeks before my first 8K race (that’s about five miles to you and me!) at the Crim Festival of Races in Flint, I occasionally ask myself, “And you’re running an 8K why? After all, you do have MS, remember?” I then quickly remind myself, “That’s exactly why I’m doing…… Continue Reading
Fearlessness lost … and found
As much as I hate to admit it, multiple sclerosis had me running scared. In the weeks leading up to the Alma Highland Festival held over Memorial Day weekend I was soooo afraid of falling. I guess the “Friday Night Incident on Mission Street” in late March had cut me deeper than the incident-instigated five-stitch…… Continue Reading
jenny the dragon slayer
tuesday morning, i slayed my first dragon. to understand what i mean by this i need to share with you some of my background: right around may 24 i will begrudgingly celebrate a bitter anniversary of sorts. it will mark seven years since i last walked. you’d think since it has been such a long…… Continue Reading
PT 5K run benefitting MS
Central Michigan University’s Physical Therapy Student Organization is hosting the 2009 MS 5k Walk/Run on April 18, 2009. A 1 mile route will also be available. All proceeds will go to the Multiple Sclerosis National Society – Michigan Chapter. Today, new treatments and advances in research are given a new hope to people affected by…… Continue Reading
March Madness and life lessons
March Madness in full swing, and so, talk of the Sweet 16, Final Four and Cinderella teams emerging through upsets such as No. 11 Dayton beating No. 6 West Virginia 68-60 reminds me of the Multiple Sclerosis lessons I learned on the Pine Avenue Elementary School basketball court. For the first few months following my…… Continue Reading
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
happy St. Patrick’s Day and on this fun and festive day, we all are a little Irish. my Irish grandmother, my granny or grandma ruby as i called her, certainly believed we all were. she was a wonderful, generous, fun, stubborn and proud woman. i hope/know that i inherited some of those traits from her. …… Continue Reading
Guess what? MS doesn't cause all my health concerns
I was lying on my side watching the ultrasound monitor show my heart beating. I started laughing as I thought to myself, “Wow! That’s my heart on that there Tee Vee!” So, my heart is beating. That’s good, Doc. So, my existing minor heart condition—mitral valve prolapse—is confirmed. That’s fine, Doc. So, I have a…… Continue Reading