When days seem like forevers, and forevers are hard to bare – when I want to say ‘I just can’t thank You right now’ – that is when I need to thank You most. So, thank you Father, for days filled with pain. Days that seem like forever. Thank you for rain, pouring from a ... ...
When talking about symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, you usually hear the basics when it comes to listing them all. Recently I ran across a question, posed by a PD patient and answered by an online geriatric nurse that specializes in caring for people with PD. The question? How do I know when I’m close to ... ...
April 9, 2011 Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, Statistic #9: Why Me? If you have PD, the chances of you asking the question, ‘Why me?’ is probably pretty good, on one occasion or another. I can honestly tell you, I haven’t asked that question. You may ask why and I suppose my answer to you would ... ...
I don’t know. Often when asked, our response to the question, “What will happen to you?” in regards to having Parkinson’s disease is, I don’t know. It’s not that we don’t know, but we’re not certain that what we know, is what will be. And, it’s not that we don’t know, but we are all different ... ...
To grieve: To suffer To be sorrowful To feel sad, be sad To be upset To feel hurt Afflicted Depressed Grief is often related to and thereby put into a category of death and dying. However, grief covers so much more than our expression over the loss of a loved one. I was reading tonight ... ...
Do you ever get up with words swirling in your brain and in your heart? Compelled to jot them down for others to read? These were some things God put on my mind Labor Day morning, 2010. I need them but feel like I was not meant to hold on to them as my own. ... ...
There are three words in the English language that many people with Parkinson’s disease fear. Three little words. Three little words that can drive a person crazy. Three little words that can cause a person to feel desperate. Three little words that can destroy. I don’t know. How long have I had this disease? I ... ...
There’s been a lot of talk lately amongst some of the Parkinson’s community about climbing mountains. Recently, a group of people, which included our own Judy, climbed Mt. Washington in New Hampshire in order to raise funds and awareness in an effort to find a cure for both PD and Alzheimer’s disease. You have to ... ...
I believe everyday can and should be a good day. As long as I have air to breathe, this I will say: God has blessed me immeasurably in 48 years even with a few heartaches, trials, and with PD causing me to ‘shift-down’ a few gears. My goal is to pursue my purpose in God’s ... ...
We all have burdens to bare… thanks be to God that we are not left to bare them alone. If your world is shaking today, for whatever reason – an illness, a broken relationship, the loss of a loved one, you’re just feeling down, lonely, weary, tired – maybe discouraged, worthless? If your world is ... ...
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