A night of hope & celebration

A few weeks ago I received an email that Michael J. Fox would be coming to Columbus, OH to speak on his life with Parkinson's Disease.  My Seester has ran a marathon in our Dad's honor for Team Fox and as a family we have all rallied around supporting The Michael J. Fox Foundation.  I knew that I couldn't pass up this opportunity, even if I had to go by myself.

I called my parent's that evening to see if my Dad would be able to make the trip to Ohio so that he could come with me.  I was estatic when he didn't have any plans and I knew he would be able to make the trip.  

Our seats were in the balacny, which proved to be a chanllege in itself due to some health issues my Dad was battling at the time, but we managed to enjoy ourselves.  

I was quite taken back by how advanced Mike (as he refers to himself) was with his PD.  He was constantly moving, but I guess I shouldn't have been too shocked as you aren't able to tell how advanded on is just thru photos.  I don't remember the last time that I would of seen an actual performance of MJF (yes, I don't watch The Good Wife).  Despite my shock, I was truely impressed with how well he has taken his diagnosis and the blessings that he sees with having PD.  He truely is an inspiration to me, along with many others.

I walked away learning and feeling inspired by Mike.  One, I learned that he "was Justin Beiber, before Justin Beiber was Justin Beiber.  Also, "if you think about the worst case scenario it actually happens.  You end up living it twice." MJF.  I can hold my hand up high and say that I am beyond guilty of doing this.  I can admit that I've gone throughout my life thinking of the worst case scenarios.  Sometimes I am able to overpower myself and think positive thoughts or not worry about it, but more times than not I'm a worst case scenrio person.  I'm a work in progress, but I never did think of it as living the scenario twice.  It really struck me to my core when Mike said this.  I'm working harder than ever before to not think of the "worst case", but just to live each day.

My seesters was sure to send me her way of being with us.  She tweeted out to the MJF that we were at the engagement.  The MJF org was sure to tweet her back.  She is camerae!