Friends,   

I missed being with you last week.  That wasn’t my plan.  It was important I was at the hospital with my Dad.  By the way, my Dad is still in the hospital but is doing pretty well again.  Thanks for all your love, support and prayers. 

It sounds like you had a nice time with Ricky.  I’m thankful Ricky came and did yoga with us.  You can do more yoga with Ricky in your own home by going to his website.  https://openlotusyoga.com/online-yoga-class/  Try it.  Thanks Ricky!

So, now that we’re into 2020, what are you going to put on your calendar for fun things to do this year?  Having events on our calendar give us something rewarding to work toward, bring us together for training and create friendships, experiences and memories.  I would highly recommend that you join us on Wednesdays and Fridays all of 2020 for starters.

Jerry has information about the indoor triathlon at Westwood Health and Fitness hanging on the wall in the gym.  I’d highly recommend you put that event and the training sessions leading up to it on your calendar and do it.  This is the event that started all of this.  Who would have thought that first indoor triathlon we did would grow into so many friendships and accomplishments?  Let’s make the 2020 Indoor triathlon another amazing experience.

I’d also highly recommend you sign up the MS Bike ride August 1^st and 2^nd.  You can do that by clicking here.  Once you sign up, there’s a motivation factor that kicks in and helps us get prepared for it.  We want you on our team…we have fun!

We’ll be getting together again Wednesday @ 11:30 for our prayer group.  We’ll be giving thanks to God for our blessings and praying however God leads us.  Wow!  I’m hearing some powerful comments about this time together.  Prayers are being answered weekly…thank you God!  Feel free to join us.  If you need to come in a little early to get your exercise in before this starts, feel free to do so.

Let’s “Just Keep Moving” again in 2020.  It doesn’t matter where we start.  We can all 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.  Let’s stick together, keep our chins up and keep sharing our journey.  Better days are ahead.  For those of you who haven’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 you’re able to make it back soon!

I hope you’ll join us both Wednesday and Friday again this week.   Remember…consistency is key.  With MS, it takes a lot of consistent effort every day to make small improvements.  Yes, it’s frustrating so be patient and consistent and you’ll be amazed how your quality of life will continue to improve.  It’s been about 17 years of exercising just about every day for me and I’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 don’t know what my life would be like if I didn’t do this (nor do I want to find out).  I’m so thankful you are all joining me on this journey of making progress with our MS and quality of life…THANK YOU!  We’ll continue to learn together…there’s so much power in the love and support we all share with each other.

In the past, I’ve been telling you to bring a friend.  Unfortunately, we’re going to need to start a waiting list for new people.  Please feel free to continue to share your experience and what we’re doing together.  Let me know of anyone who would like to join us.  I’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, I’ll encourage them to do that.  If you’ve joined us in the past, please continue to join us.

We are here to help you and anyone with MS…no strings attached (well maybe an occasional story about the progress you’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 I’ve learned and feel blessed with the progress I’ve made.  I hope you make progress in some way too!

Place:  W228N791 Westmound Dr.
Waukesha, WI

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

Dan Erschen

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