April 11, 2005
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I received an email today…it said simply “I love you”…it opened a door for me and like a tidal wave a question was answered…see yesterday I went for the seventh year in a row to “walk for a cure for MS” this year I was fortunate enough not to be healing from a surgery (I go for a sonogram Wednesday for my kidneys and praying all is well) but I got to walk…and not just my usual two to three miles and then running one of the tables which is fun…but I never get to finish…this year I did…I did the whole six miles…along with Shining Silk…but she is in much better physical condition than me and also (giggles) gets some unknown pleasure out of exercise…I HATE SWEATING AND ACHING…to get back to my writing here…sorry…attention deficit is showing…anyway…my niece suffers from the horrendous disease…while walking I kept thinking what on earth do these people think this walk is going to do…how will the walking stop the disease…my daughter “ran” the six miles…but then again she does this at least two to three times weekly…I finished…legs shaking out of breath and suffering tremendously from the realization that I have 19 1/2 inches less in my lower colon…it was difficult for me…but I did it…I showered and soaked in the hot tub when I got home…I was proud I did it…but didn’t enjoy it…this morning was different…I opened my email…read the three words from my niece and cried…dah…they do it because they love someone…just like I did it because I love her yes…and it makes us feel like we are doing something…but always for me was what…what the hell are we doing in this mass group of walkers…how is this helping find a cure for MS…now I know…it is…it shows the people that suffer from disease that we care enough to do this and be sponsored to do this so we can give something…time…love…care and money too towards finding a cure…I guess I am a slow learner…I will be walking again next year…who knows maybe I can run some of it by then…after all…we are much stronger than a disease these bonds of love we have…I forwarded the email back to her and wrote simply ditto…huggs…Sassy(slow learner me)…
Comments (3)
That is wonderful that you could do that! hip hip horray! I worked with a girl that suffered from MS, she was workign with em when they discovered it and for a short time afterwards, it is scary how fast this disease can take someone down, and she was only in her late 20′s at the time…..we had the walk here in Toledo as well, unfortunately I wasn;t able to walk but my kids and I happened along the walk/run route and we stopped to cheer them on……Love & Light ~ astral
Ms is a very bad sickness, nery nice of you to walk for that.
Simple ,clear sentences can give light like lightning.
Thank you so much for reminding me why we wake up every day and keep the faith. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of the real reasons we do things like this, but you’re right the answer is so simple; Love.
Peace.