Symposium

Right now, on the eve of the symposium, I’m very thankful now for the people in my life who are sacrificing so much time, energy, money and even sleep to make this symposium a reality.

It makes me reflect on my life as a single person with PC – back when I felt like I needed to hide my nails and tell stories – or should I say “tales” - about why I sometimes used crutches. Who’d have thought then that I’d marry into a family that would not only accept me the way I am, but work so actively to find a way to relieve my pain.

Sometimes I’ve felt like because PC is so rare, people may be interested in it in passing, but no one besides the family I was raised in really cares. After all, everyone has problems of some kind or another. So for me to now be surrounded by people who cheer me on, don’t pity me, and who are working so actively to help the PC Project cause, well it is absolutely humbling and overwhelming. I am extremely blessed.

I share this because I want all of you who read this “Corner” who have PC to know that there are people out there who not only care about me – but they care about you. People involved in this project who don’t have PC weep when they read your e-mails. They are also uplifted and amazed by you. We may be strangers in that we haven’t met, but that doesn’t mean we don’t care about each other and want each other, even perfect strangers, to have better lives. We’re all in the same human family and we’re all here to help one another, including those with PC.