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Pokie's Journey to 2009
May 2009
Wednesday May 27, 2009
Posted by: pokie too at 11:09AM CST on May 27, 2009
This Parkinson's Disease really keeps one on their toes if you have any hope of keeping up with it. Everyday is a whole new ball game but their are no time outs to regroup. Every inning is intense and suspense activated. If Joe Parker is the Pitcher, he's the best the coach can send in..I pray for a slow ball and he pitches a curve. I pray just to hit the ball and maybe make it to first. He pitches that curve , I strike and I'm out for that inning. Now if I am a good player, which I am. I square off my shoulders and walk proudly away. When my next time at bat comes up, I give him my evil face and hope it will scare him. I keep my Parkinson's eye on him and my good eye on God and swing with everything I have. I'm not an Albert P. but somewhere in my brain I think I might be if given a chance and me and the ball connect. I cannot run but I head for first and they fumble the ball somewhere in left field. With my head down and one arm swinging, I am repeating, "I think I can, I think I can.".....Hell has no fury like a sixty two year old grandmother on a mission and I make it...huffing and puffing all the way.
As the inning progresses, more of my teammates follow the batting order and strike out and then up steps "Big Albert" to the plate. All eyes are on Albert and I can not think for the pounding in my ears. It's that old curve ball BUT Albert goes for it and connects and it's gone.!.....Joe Parker watches as I stumble across home base with Albert in close pursit yelling"Go Parkinson's.....Go For the Cure" and we win in the ninth two to nothing...What a dream...huh? love Pokie
... (more) Thursday May 14, 2009
Posted by: pokie too at 9:18PM CST on May 14, 2009
This getting old is a tricky thing....and when do you go through it when your too old. Too old to finish a thought without getting side tracked. Too old to see the seriousness of something you think is funny. Too old to do what your kids tell you to do without a comment that only gets you in more trouble. I guess it's a blessing that God saves Old for last.....so we can savor the moment and even though we may be the only one enjoying the humor of it....we chuckle to ourselves and walk away while someone, somewhere is shaking their heads in disbelief. I wrote the whole long post the other night and found out today only the picture got posted, which meant nothing without the story. Now I am posting old news late maybe without a picture. One thing for sure as soon as possible I am taking a computer course and maybe more...Blundering through life is one thing and then you realize that education is drastically needed to complete the goal. With three years of college behind me in the Young phase of life, I think I could really enjoy and learn something now. College was actually a social event in our town. It was something everyone did after high school but not much else was learned...Now in the quiet of my OLD phase maybe things would sink in better....I can only hope I have enough active brain cells to understand but if I don't I'll just laugh about it.....love pokie
Wednesday May 13, 2009
Posted by: pokie too at 10:36AM CST on May 13, 2009
Last week when the first storm hit south of us, I laid in bed and thought about the thunder. When traveling back from Washington, D.C., we flew through a distant thunder storm and it was the first time I had seen vertical lightning bounce from cloud to cloud. In the dark , it was an amazing sight as are all of God's viewings. Of course I could hear no thnder and soon we were on the ground and life went on but the other morning I remember thinking this is thunder that scares dogs and kids and grandmothers. It was not your usual rumble but a loud bang that just kept on rumbling like marching souldiers traveling down a dirt road....line after line, until you could see them no more. Early this morning my chocolate lab just opened the door and came in so I knew this one would be bad and even now as I type, he is laying right next to my foot. Poor soul, as a baby he was forced to live in a hog crate, outside in storms until rescued and I got him, and to this day if it storms he has to be in and he goes and sleeps in the bathroom. Somehow in his mind he has found his own pen and he feels safe there. Not so different from Parkinson's patients tending to make their safe place around them as time get worse. Often times we make excuses to keep from going out. If you don't go out, we only have to deal with ourself and no one can hurt us.....just be ware of this falacy. It will pull you down especially now. Look at the 64 year old last night who entered a weight show and won after suffering a heart attack right off the bat, and the lady from Scotland who sang with angels and no one ever listened. How about the goat farmer and her travels of the past year? Venture out today, after the storm. Don't be afraid of the thunder.....sunshine will follow. love pokie
Posted by: pokie too at 11:01PM CST on May 12, 2009
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A description of my journey to the 2009 Parkinson's Unity Walk in 2009, including interesting stories and bio's on our team members, our thoughts on our goals and dreams as we work toward our goal. We will be and currently are Team Patientslikeme.com. Our home is this website where we post daily. Our goal is to raise at least $25,000.00 this year for the cure.
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