It’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month!

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...
Living For A Cure

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...
Strength. Courage.

Strength. Courage.

Strength. Courage. I’ll never forget the physical strength of my mother. She would care for elderly people in our home for many years. She is a slight women but was, in her day, incredibly strong. I would watch her reposition large, bed-ridden men by herself and...