Hotts Wearing Grey for PD Awareness Day!

We wore grey yesterday... Did you?  Although not everyone who showed up at our house yesterday had grey on, by the time they were here a bit, we found them something grey to wear.  Yesterday, April 21st, was wear grey to raise awareness for Parkinson's Disease.

Check us out.  Send me your picture.  I'll send it to the Parkinson's Foundation.

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for YOU!"  1 Peter 5:7

Wearing Grey on Saturday for Parkinson's Awareness!!

I have seen many declarations on the news lately for the month of April.  The many meaningful causes attempting to generate awareness for worthy efforts include the following list for April:

April is:  

Autism Awareness Month, 

Distracted Driver Awareness Month, 

STD Awareness Month, 

Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 

National Sarciodosis Awareness Month, 

Alcohol Awareness Month, 

Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, 

Child Abuse Awareness Month, 

IBS (Irritated Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month, 

Oral Cancer Awareness Month, 

National Stress Awareness Month, 

Organ Donor Awareness Month, 

Community College Awareness Month, 

Oil Speculation Awareness Month,

To name a few......

Holy Cow!  This list came up from a simple google search on Yahoo.  Did you know there were so many organizations holding events this month to generate awareness?  This was news to me.

However, I have been following the efforts of the Parkinson's Disease and Michael J. Fox Foundations.  They have been doing some great things to bring awareness to this crazy chronic illness.  

You see, my "hott-hubby" Dan has Parkinson's Disease.  At 49 years old with a young family of four, he was diagnosed with this debilitating illness that effects his mobility, among other things.  With two young boys at home (now they are 7 and 8 years old), living with Parkinson's can be challenge.

But aside from the physical demands of PD, we at the Hott House have chosen to find it's blessings.  So, for Parkinson's Awareness Month, this wife of a PD patient, mom of a PD family, caregiver in a PD home wants to say "thanks".  Because when Parkinson's joined our family, I learned to hear better and experience the blessings in the smallest moments, to appreciate how healthy we are this very minute, because, as I learn more and witness advanced stages of this stinking disease, PD has taught me to celebrate right now!

It's like God tapped me on the shoulder and whispered in my ear "Excuse me, can I tell you something?" I'm here.  And we can live with this!

Wear grey this Saturday, April 21st, to express your support of Parkinson's research.  

I am.

"I can do all things through him who strengthens me."  Philippians 4:13

Superstar

http://parkinson.org/Community/Parkinson-s-Superstars/Dan-Hott

Imagine my surprise tonight when, for a moment Isaac and Levi were playing upstairs and I jumped on my laptop to cruise around facebook.  Hoping to see my column ("Hott Flashes") posted somewhere (I missed my editor's deadline this week with all the Easter craziness), I stopped along a posting about Parkinson's Superstars.  It mentioned an artist and so I stopped to view the video. 

The link took me to the National Parkinson Foundation's webpage (http://www.parkinsons.org/).  As I viewed a very nice story about an 87 year old man, Wendell, with PD, from the corner of my eye, I noticed list of other Superstar winners.

Guess who was there?  Check it out here.... I 5starred my "hott-hubby" Superstar!  You can too!... It's all about April being Parkinson's Awareness Month!  Spread the word!  Here's the link:
http://parkinson.org/Community/Parkinson-s-Superstars/Dan-Hott

Please share Dan's "Superstar" Story! 
love, love, love,
Angie