Ten months later my wife’s sentiments are the same, Parkinson’s still sucks; but wait there must be more. There has to be more. Otherwise, I could just do a quick copy-paste, add a few paragraph breaks, insert yet another picture of the wonder pup and we could go back to bed. After all it is 4:30 on a Sunday morning. There has to be some other place I would rather be!
As the owner of the content on this blog, I reserve the right to edit, tweak, review, recant or just plain delete any and all subject matter that no longer aligns with my views. This post entitled Parkinson’s Sucks was my second of what I envisioned would be a short-lived hobby. At the time, I thought that this one was definitive and there was little left to be said. Now, almost ten months later, I have context to support the intent to make 2016 the best year ever. Now, looking back at all that transpired this past year, I can lay claim to the fact that 2016 was one of the best years ever.
Very little has changed in the progression of my condition; stagnation is neither uncommon nor a given. Still, everyone should be so fortunate. That being said, I have much to be thankful for and consider each day, yet another opportunity, to do what I should have done so many times before; accept it as it is, a free gift. And gifts are just that aren’t they, something unexpected to those undeserving. The year evolved into something that I never anticipated and with it I was afforded multiple ways in which I could give something back, or more appropriately stated, pay something forward to someone, anyone, that needed to hear a word of encouragement.
Random thoughts that connected with so many in need, provided encouragement and a fresh perspective on a subject that is often treated as the elephant in the room. And elephants have the uncanny ability to make places in which they reside feel confining and uncomfortable.
It has been an amazing year, Ivy and I are grateful that you decided to come along for the ride. But, I hate to admit that all of the attention is going to her head; once a sweet golden retriever puppy, now a Diva!
I will be taking next week off to celebrate Christmas with my family and work on a few other projects. Merry Christmas to you and your’s. I will catch up with you in the new year.
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Al and his loyal and faithful sidekick, Ivy the wonder pup.