Christie Beverly, who works with our friends at Strategic Knowledge Solutions, is participating in the Walk for MS, sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation/Hampton Roads Chapter, with the goal of raising $2000. Though I don't post many of these requests (if I did, I'd be running one every day), this issue is rather close to my heart. Please help and thanks. Here's Christie's appeal:
Why I Walk for MS
I walk because I'm a fighter. Diagnosed in 2005,
I've been fighting ever since, and I refuse to let it own me.
Thankfully, my case seems to be mild - at the moment - but most are not
so fortunate. Not a day goes by that I don't wonder if tomorrow will be
the day my MS reappears.
I walk because I have a beautiful
daughter who I hope will make it through life without ever having to
hear the words "You have MS."
I walk because two friends were
also diagnosed this year, and I want to do everything to prevent more
people from learning what it means to live with this disease.
There
is no cure for multiple sclerosis, and with a diagnosis most often
occurring between 20-50 years old, many people face a lifetime of
uncertainty and unpredictability.
Why You Should Sponsor Me
Don't do it for me...do it for the millions out
there who desperately need our help. The National Multiple Sclerosis
Society will use funds collected from the MS Walk to support research
for a cure tomorrow, and to provide programs that address the needs of
people living with MS today.
Because we choose to walk for
those who sometimes can't, because we choose to donate to walk MS, we
are getting closer to the hour when no one will have to hear the words
I heard four years ago and my friends heard this year -- "You have
Multiple Sclerosis."
