Boston Pizza Premiere Party for Parkinson’s
A huge shout out goes to the Boston Pizza on Kenaston here in Winnipeg along with all our friends who joined us for the season premiere of The Amazing Race Canada season #3! Dozens of friends joined us to watch the first episode of season three of TARC and help raise...
Triathlons and Wheelchairs: The Amazing Shuffle
In 2011 I ran my first and only triathlon. I had been planning it for a time but then this little diagnosis of Parkinson’s came along. I allowed the diagnosis to derail my training for about a year but eventually took up running and cycling again to finish my sprint...
It’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month!
April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. How many of you know what Parkinson's is? Yeah, I know, most of you are far more acquainted than you would like to be but this is the question that I pose at the outset of many of my speeches, that is, right after the...
Living For A Cure
There is something about a particular conversation around Parkinson's that I occasionally find somewhat challenging. I know that we among the Parkinson's community are not alone in this form of conversation I am alluding to but of...
Perseverance
I’ve had a few people not openly deride the fact that I was on a reality television show but come close. In truth I get it. There has not been another show of this genre that has captured my attention anything like The Amazing Race Canada. I think the problem is that...
Happy New Year 2015
Hello from Canada! It is a real honor for me that Steve Wright and the gang at Northwest Parkinson Foundation have asked me to be a regular contributing writer for this blog. It is my hope that whatever your connection to the conversation around Parkinson's Disease...