Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Extras

Also Happy Birthday to my daddy in NC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you who know my dad, he is doing pretty well lately. My mom said his speech is a little off lately and he gets words mixed up. In his mind his world is totally different than reality which I am thankful for! A couple weeks ago when my brother was visiting, he told my brother to go downstairs to see his new motorcycle. When I was little my dad in fact had a motorcycle, but that was over 20 years ago. For those of you who may not know my dad, he was diagnosed a few years ago with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. He now lives in a nursing home because he requires 24 hour care and my mom cannot provide that because she must work. I try not to talk about him too much because I get sad, so hopefully this blog will also help me document this part of my life. I think it's also important to get the word out and educate others about multiple sclerosis.
On a more positive note, I would like to say congratulations to my friend Michelle who got engaged this past weekend. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Keep us posted on the plans.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've been wondering about your Daddy, but didn't want to ask. Happy birthday to him!
Thank you for the congrats, too! I think I'll have to wake my blog up from it's deep sleep (Rip vanWinkle-esque, really) to blog my frustrations - ALREADY!!! :)
No, honestly. I DO love my family. I just have to keep reminding myself of that fact...