It was five months until I would ‘officially’ be ‘Grammy’. The same month in which I was pushed from the womb – a warm and safe environment and caught by mother’s doctor and introduced to a cold, noisy world. This would now be my world. There would be no going back. No holding on. I ... ...
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 ... ...
This past weekend we repeated the trek south to have my regulator programmed and my stitches removed. I couldn’t decide which I was looking forward to more – having my stitches removed so my head would finally stop itching or having the unit turned on. We arrived in Phoenix Monday evening and made sure ... ...
How did it go? I’ll tell you… After a 20 hour drive, we pulled in to Phoenix in time for my MRI. We thought, since we were about an hour early we’d check in first, but as we waited for the help desk in the hotel, we glanced at the clock and realized we were ... ...
The following doesn’t have anything to do with Parkinson’s disease or a chronic illness. Just something I wrote. May you all have a blessed Christmas and may your New Year be filled with hope, encouragement, peace and joy. ~Sherri Christmas. The day after will immediately bring secular (and some Christian) radio stations to close up ... ...
Many of you have asked how my book is coming. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! It’s coming along great, actually. Here is a sneak preview. This excerpt is from Chapter 6: Fear of the Unknown… I remember meeting my son for lunch one day and as I got out of the car, my foot was dragging ... ...
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. ... ...
I told a friend last night that I feel disconnected. Disconnected from the PD ‘loop’, ‘circle’, whatever. If you’re involved with the Facebook PD ‘group’ (and by all means, there could certainly be more than one!), you know that there is a growing ‘army’ of people trying to make a difference in finding a cure ... ...
As printed on the Johnson City News, April 16th, 2010… April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month in Tennessee Local woman takes Parkinson’s awareness to new heights by Josh Mancuso A Johnson City resident has a small part in an upcoming movie about Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. Shortly after her 40th birthday in 2002, Judy Hensley ... ...
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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