Parkinson’s Disease

At 46 years of age, my wonderful, athletic, fit husband was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease. For me I’d love to see a cure for this horrible disease. After 13 seeing this strong man deteriorate before my very eyes year after year, I am sad of the fact that it has robbed us of “life as we knew it”…. So many things we’ve missed! Now we have constant medications to keep up with, a failed DBS surgery, constant insurance issues. However, despite all of this sadness and frustration, I can see how God in His Perfect Wisdom has sustained us emotionally, financially, and spiritually. The fact that God gives unbelievable grace and His Presence to us daily has been a godsend – to let us AND my children know that even though LIFE may not work out in our timeline, God can still work in and through us. Do we always have this positive attitude? Absolutely not!!! But He will gently quiet our souls to continue showing us that there are always things to be grateful for – if only we stop and look for them! And in hindsight, we may even see this illness as a blessing in disguise… (still waiting on that but I’m hopeful!) ☺️