About Me
- Chris Irwin "We Never Know What Strength We Have Until Life Begins To Test Us"
- I am married to a wonderful man named Jeff and we have three beautiful daughters all who are grown and have two children of their own. About five years ago I suddenly felt ill and when I say suddenly that is exactly what I mean. How does one feel perfectly fine one day and the next your whole world is turned upside down. I went from doctor to doctor trying to find out the cause of my illness and eventually about a year and a half ago I finally got a diagnosis, not one I wanted but at least I had an answer. My diagnosis was Parkinsons Disease. My husband and I were in shock to say the least. We cried together and held each other. What was our future going to be like. we know we have a long road ahead of us and I am sure many obstacles but we have each other. We have the support of our Family and Friends to help us along the way. I am creating this blog to give insight to others about Parkinsons Disease and to let everyone know that we are all different and succumb to this disease at our own pace. No two people are alike that is why I named my Blog "Parkin at Your Own Pace". Feel free to follow along with me on my journey and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I Will Never Walk Alone He Will Be With Me Until The End
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Out of the Mouths of Babes.......
At one point after my diagnosis I sat my grandchildren down and read them a childs story on Parkinsons called "The Parkie Princess". I believe most of them understood by the time we were finished the story for I had substituted my girls names (their moms) in place of characters in the book. When the story was over I asked them if they had any questions. One of my grandsons asked me "Grammy is that why you can't hear so good" another one of my grandsons told me not to worry he said "Grammy when you can not smile anymore don't worry I will buy you one of those smiles on a stick and when you want to smile you can hold it up to your mouth" Boy they sure knew how to make me smile that night!
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