We are so grateful to Vision Mid Michigan for the incredible story about Jennifer and me it has in its current issue! The details of this feature really do a great job to increase awareness about MS as well as what Jennifer and I are trying to do through our blog, speaking engagements and living our life…… Continue Reading
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Author Archives: Dan
My San Antonio-inspired life
If only I could live everyday like I was in San Antonio. I try, but I sometimes lose sight of the lesson I taught myself in the Lone Star state several years ago. I was on a three-day business trip, and on the first day there were no conferences or workshops I needed to attend.…… Continue Reading
What would you do?
In a surreal sort of way, I felt like the bad guy in a situation stripped straight from ABC’s hidden camera ethical dilemma series, What Would You Do?, hosted by John Quinones. But I had every reason and right to have our van parked in a handicapped parking spot close to Anspach Hall. Even after…… Continue Reading
Still going …
With Brett Favre’s consecutive game streak coming to an end this past week, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on My record streak revisited blog posted in August 2009. While his streak ended at 297 games, my consecutive day streak for dealing with MS stands at 3,954 days and with the support of…… Continue Reading
Magic #7
It’s barely six songs into the set list and I’m already winded. But this is exactly what I expected from my eighth time seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live in concert, this time promoting their Magic album. I always tell my friends and family that if I could afford it, I’d buy…… Continue Reading
The Fine Art of Shooting Myself
A post by a fellow blogger on her site “Losing It” motivated me to post this essay I wrote for my creative nonfiction writing class. Enjoy! It seems like years ago that I anxiously investigated how to go about shooting myself. The information was all right there in front of me. Books. Brochures. Videos. Each…… Continue Reading
Becoming the bat man
In the spirit of Halloween this past weekend and Springteen’s upcoming Nov. 16 release of recordings stored away in the vaults for years, we felt inspired to share this essay that appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of InsideMS. We have never directly featured this creepy story (it still freaks Dan out!) on our home…… Continue Reading
Turn your radio on(line) Oct. 25!
Wherever you live – whether you’re here in Michigan or in states such as Iowa, Pennsylvania, California, or Washington or anywhere else in the world for that matter – we’re inviting you to catch our upcoming morning radio show appearance! We’re coming into the homestretch of telling you about the work of the Women’s Initiative…… Continue Reading
Tearful trash talking
I’ve lived my life with MS as though we’re in a competition together. I trash talk it every day. Gotta be tough, ya know? Not that this chronic disease of the central nervous system cares what I have to say. I won’t hurt its feeling. But I talk tough so it won’t hurt mine. Still,…… Continue Reading
"Look Who's Talking"
The following article appeared in the Morning Sun on Thursday, Oct. 14. It didn’t appear in the online version of the paper, so we’re reprinting it here. We look forward to sharing our stories to benefit the Mt. Pleasant Community Foundation Women’s Initiative—which provides for the needs of women and girls in Isabella County—through its annual…… Continue Reading