did you shower today? kind of personal, yes i know. but did you take a shower today? you probably did. it’s kind of like breathing. you just do it and don’t really think about it. that is until you can’t do it. for the first six years that i knew dan, we would make the drive from michigan…… Continue Reading
Catch the Digmanns in the news
Category Archives: Daily Life
"did i do that?"
today, i’m feeling quite steve urkel. you know the nerdy, high-waisted jeans and glasses wearing character from the tv show Family Matters. the one with the commonly whined catchphrase, “Did I do that?” i was in my kitchen. i turned to look at something, yeah i can’t even remember what, it was that trivial ……… Continue Reading
catching up
it has been almost a week since i blogged. sorry! i’ve been getting our Walk MS team, Team MonsterS, ready for another great walk in frankenmuth. from getting the team together, designing an Irving original t-shirt and starting to fundraise, it really has been quite a busy week. i’ve been chosen by the society to be a…… 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
thanks, patrick
as most of you know, i’m an admitted techno-peasant. i’m new at this and technology is tricky. i had lots and lots of questions! so i cautiously approached a fellow blogger for some tips starting our own site. he was most helpful and happily obliged, thanks patrick. and then i got gutsy, “I hope you…… Continue Reading
Laith Al-Saadi at The Gem
So, Jennifer and I are sitting here still reeling from less than four hours sleep last night. Perhaps it’s a blues hangover or it’s just our age telling us that we no longer can stay out late and get to bed after 2 a.m. Either way, we did something last night that we’ve been talking…… 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
from urick to becoming jennifer digmann
yesterday i went to a reunion luncheon with some of my sorority sisters. it’s been 12 years since i have graduated from college and at least that many since i had seen most of them. during my college days, i was quite different than i am now. even my name was different. throughout college. i…… Continue Reading