250,00 Views, 70 Counties, 50,000 Facebook Posts & Just 1 Goal!

250,00 Views, 70 Counties, 50,000 Facebook Posts & Just 1 Goal, helping the PD Community!

I am so happy to have played a very small part of something so successful. Please tweet, blog and post about this it is so important!

Below is episode 6 and the third episode I appeared in!

I'm Learning To Fly, But I Ain't Got Wings, Coming Down Is The Hardest Thing

Well, I am finally "back up in the air." The pictures featured on this post are from my second dance trapeze class since the diagnosis. I am finding the bar to be harder than I remember and I am not as strong as I once was, but a little time should take care of both of these issues.

I had a few bad nights in the last 6 weeks or so and hence there will be an additional drug and additional challenges. The fact is that I have a disease and while I may never get better, I do not necessarily have  to get any worse.

 All of the above reminds me of the lyrics of Learning To Fly by Tom Petty.

"Well the good ol' days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn
Well some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there"

I know where I started out from and how hard it was for me to get where I am. Earning a Doctorate was like swimming upstream for me and surviving 25 years in Higher Education was no easy trick. I had help from a supportive group of family and friends who I am so grateful for. Part of me will always be that child who played "search for the change in the couch cushions so we can buy food for dinner" with his siblings and while I will never forget where I came from,  I will not let Parkinson's disease knock me down either.

A small plug for Julie Ludwick and the Fly By Night Dance Company. Their next performance, "OTHERWISE - meiamyouandyouareme" will be held at the JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam @ West 76th Street, New York, NY 10023. Please see the hyperlink above for more information.

This performance includes Breathe-In @ 2:30-3:30 pm
A FREE workshop exploring the many ways breath can bring us closer to ourselves while also nourishing our sense of community. Open to all adults - no movement experience necessary. This workshop will be great for those with PD and everyone else!

 I leave you this message from the late great Tom Petty.