Friends,
Merry Christmas! I want to wish each of you and your family all the best this Christmas season. Itās truly a season of joy and sharing isnāt it? As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we also celebrate all the ways He works through each of us to help each other. He certainly gives us His love to share along with the strength to keep our chins up and see His plan for each of us as we share our journey of living with MS. He gives us Faith, Hope and Love amongst so many other things. Letās keep sharing as He wants us to do. Merry Christmas!
I need to apologize for not being at the celebration for the volunteers and Christmas party last Friday as long as I would have liked to. I made it there for a bit at first and then again at the end. We have our general manager at Wisconsin Metal Parts retiring at the end of the year. Joe and his wife Lisa made food for all our employees and I wanted to be in two other buildings at the same time with them. I did my best to be in all three places but by the time I got back to you at our celebration, my MS was not behaving and I was not myself. Not enough sleep the night before and too much stimulation. I apologize for that but please know my heart was there. Iām doing much better now again. Thanks for understanding!
Thank you to all for the nice card and words of gratitude, affirmation and love. I love all of you too! Thank you also for the generous donations to MS-Just Keep Moving. Even though weāre all doing what we do as volunteers, the donations help us provide programs and equipment to keep people moving and doing things they are challenged to do. Weāll put the money to good useā¦Thank you!
If you want to do something nice for someone else this Christmas, please reach out to those who can not make it in by us and share some love and encouragement. There are so many ways to reach out these days. You can visit them, give them a phone call, send them a text or e-mail, communicate on Facebook or other social media platforms, etc.
Shelli is still being challenged and would love to hear from you as is Paulette. Linda reached out to me asking to put a note in my e-mail about Paulette. Hereās Lindaās note:
Hi Dan! If you send an email out this week, can you ask people to contact Paulette while she’s in rehab? She’s at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Wisconsin in Pewaukee. 1625 Coldwater Creek Drive.
Room 309. She has morning and afternoon therapy with a break in between and her evenings are free. She will be there a maximum of 10 days, not sure if today counts or not.
Thank you and Merry Christmas! Linda
We will not be getting together this week on Wednesday as it is Christmas. We will be here Friday and we will be here next Wednesday on New Yearās Day. Weāll kick the New year off together and make the best of 2020 right from the start. I hope youāll join us! All year š
We all need to āJust Keep Movingā! It doesnāt 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. Letās stick together, keep our chins up and keep sharing our journey. Better days are ahead. For those of you who havenāt 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 youāre able to make it back soon!
I hope youāll 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, itās frustrating so be patient and consistent and youāll be amazed how your quality of life will continue to improve. Itās been about 17 years of exercising just about every day for me and Iām 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 donāt know what my life would be like if I didnāt do this (nor do I want to find out). Iām so thankful you are all joining me on this journey of making progress with our MS and quality of lifeā¦THANK YOU! Weāll continue to learn togetherā¦thereās so much power in the love and support we all share with each other.
In the past, Iāve been telling you to bring a friend. Unfortunately, weāre going to need to start a waiting list for new people. Please feel free to continue to share your experience and what weāre doing together. Let me know of anyone who would like to join us. Iāll 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, Iāll encourage them to do that. If youāve 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 youāre 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 Iāve learned and feel blessed with the progress Iāve made. I hope you make progress in some way too!
Place: W228N791 Westmound Dr.
Waukesha, WI
When: Wednesday morning from 9:30am ā 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Friday morning from 9:30am ā 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Dan Erschen
http://msjustkeepmoving.org/