Friends,
I missed you all last week as I was in Branson, MO. Fishing with my Dad, brother and one of Dad’s friends, Bob. We fished in a trout fishing tournament on Saturday. My brother and Bob got third place and my Dad and I got fourth place. Other than the weather being cold, we had a good time and caught lots of fish. I was thinking about all of you when I was there.
Linda will be doing another painting class on Friday. Here’s a message from Linda: Another exciting alcohol inks class is planned for this Friday, featuring rubber stamps! Come witness the magic at 11:45am in the breakroom. If you have any rubber stamps, please bring them along with your previous Yupo paper pictures. Newcomers welcome! $1 donation appreciated.
Let’s mark our calendars and come cheer our friends with MS on at the indoor triathlon on Sunday, March 17th. This is the event that started this group and I’m so thankful Jerry, Lowell, Mary Jo and so many other volunteers are making this event possible for us again this year. Let’s support our friends with MS as they work hard and do the best they can at this event.
It sounds like Sarah’s egg roll fund raising event for the National MS Society was a big hit and success again this year.
Thank you to all that went and all that supported Sarah and her family and friends. I hope the fundraising efforts generated some good funds for the National MS Society. We need to keep supporting them as they fund the research, we all need.
Danelle from the National MS Society – Wisconsin Chapter and some other people from the society will be visiting us Friday morning and sharing some news on some exciting work the National MS Society is doing for us. I hope you can join us as these people are working hard for all of us with MS.
Let’s have some more fun this week!
We all need to “Just Keep Moving”! It doesn’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. 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 9:30 – 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Any questions? Give me a call.
Dan Erschen
Cell: 414-305-0418