Today is the big day...a three mile walk to join the movement for a cure. I am flattered by all the generous donations I received although I was kind of disappointed in the fact that only a small handful of people were willing to donate at all. I am walking this walk today because I still can...I am walking because I will prove to my own body that no matter how much it wants to give up the spirit in me will NOT give up. I am walking today for the people I have met along the way both before my diagnosis and after that also have MS and cannot walk it for themselves. I am walking today for not just MS but all of the debilitating diseases out there that we still have no cures for and people are faced to suffer with day in and day out. This event means the world to me and whether or not it actually makes a difference in being able to find a cure for the disease I will never know but I can at least say that I made an effort to do everything in my power to try and encourage that finding.
This disease may effect me physically but it effects the people I care most about emotionally and so my contributions and fundraising efforts have not just been to absolve myself of this disease but to also rid them of the hurt they feel for me as I am forced to struggle through it. I am blessed with lots of support all of which I could never even begin to express enough gratitude for. I have MS but I refuse to let MS have me.
~keep smiling out there...
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