Tag: parkinsons disease
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Testimony
I have been around for 72 years, and during that time there have been many changes that have impacted my life. I guess the first one I can remember that is important is when I changed from a bratty eight-year-old to a water-baptized Baptist bratty eight-year-old in 1954. Somehow, I made it through high…
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Thorn or just bad luck?
The reality of my life is that I have Parkinson’s Disease. The recognition of this reality has caused me a lot of grief. I had to give up my long distance running due to taking a bad fall and the inability to run for any length of time without getting extremely fatigued in my legs.…
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End of a career?
Sounds dramatic, but refers to the choice I have made, at 72, to give up running for good. I have been a runner since my late 20’s and have competed in 5K’s up to half-marathons and 15-mile trail races. When I was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease 3 yrs ago I stopped running for a while…
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Does God want me to fight?
For several years I participated in a gym class called Les Mills Body Combat. I spent 1 or 2 hrs a week punching and kicking without ever hitting anything. It wasn’t that my aim was so bad, it was just that I was concentrating so hard on the choreography that if there had been something…
P.E.W. Perspective 