7/8/14 9:35 est
There comes a time in each of our lives when we must learn to let go. I’ve done so the hard way, not by choice but by pure design. Something many people don’t know is I continued to work for nearly a year after I was diagnosed with PD. My onset was hard and fast, honesty taking me by surprise. In hind site I’ve learned that I’d had the disease for a long time up to 7 years perviously before my outward symptoms began to show so once on medication it was like the PD said “oh no you don’t” and really started to kick my ass hard.

As a man who was raised by an older generation (grandparents) than my maternal parents I was taught the “old ways” that a man IS defined by his job and his actions as a provider and protector. True, real…