Friends,   

Kathleen sent a nice e-mail about the daisies she grew from the gym didnā€™t she? 

As a response to that, Jeanne sent me an e-mail reflecting on how these daisies can be compared to MS and offered to help people share this experience if interested.  Hereā€™s a message from Jeanne:

Being a ā€œretiredā€ gardener I know how much a plants ā€œhistoryā€ can mean to a gardener.

Knowing these daisies must have struggled to survive at the gym (a relapse so to speak)

and with the love & care they received have overcome their challenge (a remission so to

speak) ā€¦ many a  ā€œgym ratā€ gardener would love to take ownership of one of these jewels.

It would be great to think of all of us and what we have accomplished together when they

blossomed every year.

If you think there would be interest in this let me know and I will see if there is a group

willing to work on this.

If youā€™re interested in growing some daisies, please let Jeanne know.  I looked today and there are some more growing by the gym.  Feel free to share them.  Thanks Jeanne and Kathleen!

I have to admit, when we did our first Indoor Triathlon together and then started this gym, I never imagined weā€™d be sharing Daisies.  I love it!  Itā€™s amazing what happens when we share our journey isnā€™t it?

Linda will doing another painting class this Friday.  Thanks Linda!  Hereā€™s a message from Linda:

Join us for another Alcohol Inks Group this Friday,  June 21st with a start time of 11:30 or 11:45. All are welcome from beginners to seasoned! Because of the 4th of July holiday,  our next group will be July 12th. 

We still have some T-shirts left that Joel designed.  He came up with a design with words that describe our group.

Front of Shirt

Back of shirt

For sizes and colors, we have some of the following left.

  • Small ā€“ Blue and Green
  • Medium ā€“ Green and Orange
  • Large ā€“ Green
  • XL ā€“ Orange, Blue and Green
  • XXL ā€“ Orange, Blue and Green
  • XXXL ā€“ Blue and Green

We also have lots of the Gray ā€œLetā€™s Moveā€ T-shirts left in all sizes.

Front of shirt

Back of shirt

If youā€™d like any of these T-shirts, weā€™ll have an order sheet at the gym.  Weā€™re asking for a $10.00 donation to help cover the costs. 

Itā€™s awesome to see that our Friday morning riding group is growing each week.  It looks like we have every style of bikes covered.  This is so much fun!  For all of you who canā€™t ride, please know weā€™re all riding for you.  I really wish everyone could ride with us.

Our group of recumbent trike riders continues to grow and we are riding further each week.  I love seeing these improvements in people with MS.  This is a really inspirational group to ride with.  Donnaā€™s even riding with a broken armā€¦seriously! šŸ˜Š

Letā€™s ride again Friday morning @ 7:00am.  We meet at Nettesheim Park on the SE corner of Hwy SS and Oak Street in Pewaukee.  If you would like to ride a tandem or a trike, please let me know ahead of time so we bring one for you.  I hope youā€™ll join us!  We will not ride if itā€™s raining.

We all need to ā€œJust Keep Movingā€!  It doesnā€™t matter where we start.  We can start with laughing which is great exercise in itself.  Other than that, we start with the body parts that will move and keep moving them as much as we can.  Let them rest and then move them again.

I know there are still many of us going through other life challenges in addition to our challenges with MS.  Letā€™s stick together, keep our chins up and keep sharing our journey.  Better days are ahead.  For those of you who havenā€™t been able to make it by us on Wednesdays and Fridays lately, please know you are missed and in my thoughts and prayers.  I hope youā€™re able to make it back soon!

I hope youā€™ll join us both Wednesday and Friday again this week.   Rememberā€¦consistency is key.  With MS, it takes a lot of consistent effort every day to make small improvements.  Yes, itā€™s frustrating so be patient and consistent and youā€™ll be amazed how your quality of life will continue to improve.  Itā€™s been about 17 years of exercising just about every day for me and Iā€™m still making improvements (encouragement, love, support,nutrition and proper rest help immensely too).  It takes time so please be patient.  It sure is better than MS getting worse.  I really donā€™t know what my life would be like if I didnā€™t do this (nor do I want to find out).  Iā€™m so thankful you are all joining me on this journey of making progress with our MS and quality of lifeā€¦THANK YOU!  Weā€™ll continue to learn togetherā€¦thereā€™s so much power in the love and support we all share with each other.

In the past, Iā€™ve been telling you to bring a friend.  Unfortunately, weā€™re going to need to start a waiting list for new people.  Please feel free to continue to share your experience and what weā€™re doing together.  Let me know of anyone who would like to join us.  Iā€™ll communicate with these people through e-mail or phone and help them any way I can.  When we have room for them to join us, Iā€™ll encourage them to do that.  If youā€™ve joined us in the past, please continue to join us.

We are here to help you and anyone with MSā€¦no strings attached (well maybe an occasional story about the progress youā€™re making, smile, high five or a hug).  I remember how challenging life used to be when my MS was bad.  I get great joy sharing what Iā€™ve learned and feel blessed with the progress Iā€™ve made.  I hope you make progress in some way too!

Place:Ā  W228N791 Westmound Dr.
Waukesha, WI

When:Ā  Wednesday morning from 9:30am ā€“ 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Friday morning from 9:30 ā€“ 12:30pmĀ  (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)

Any questions?Ā  Give me a call.
Dan Erschen
Cell:Ā  414-305-0418