Dream. Believe. Achieve. Succeed.

Dream. Believe. Achieve. Succeed. This is my mantra. I have these words mounted above a window in my home. I live by these words, even more so now, since I have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD). I am someone who dreams big, sets goals, puts a plan in place...

Rally Point Dopa

I don’t like Green eggs & ham! Have you seen my dopamine? It took an unauthorized vacation somewhere around your substantia nigra— didn’t even file the proper paperwork, just ghosted the whole operation. I’d check their home address, but it’s missing from the...

Together, We Can Change the Ending

One voice can ignite change, but together, we create a movement — lifting each other up, pushing forward and making the impossible possible. My journey with Parkinson’s disease began long before I ever heard the words, “You have Parkinson’s.” For years, I lived in...

Staying Active is a Choice

I have been through numerous things since Parkinson’s became my life. In the beginning I tried to be someone different from the disease. Emotionally I just wanted to be ‘normal’. I was too young or so I thought. Running from my diagnosis did not work. PD will be with...

We Already Miss Kevin…

When a longtime friend and fellow car lover faces Parkinson’s, community becomes everything. Kevin’s story is one of connection, resilience, and care — a journey that brought our Drive Toward a Cure family even closer, and one that will inspire a lasting legacy...

What Parkinson’s has taught me – LISTEN

It has taken me years to figure this out, but your body communicates to you. For example, after you eat a large Thanksgiving meal I’ll bet your body tells you it is tired. Well, Parkinson’s has taught me to listen to my body, to pay close attention to signs and...

If You Stop Moving, You Will Stop Moving

In 2000, at the age of 24, I was running a franchise that replaced airbags and safety restraint systems in cars that had been in a collision. I started losing control of my left hand, dropping tools, slight tremor, and my hand would freeze in a position for a brief...

Inside Job

I outsourced my joy for years, padded my return with hired smiles, rented glee from others’ cheers, leased contentment across miles. Interned laughter from nearby places. Business was failing fast, days off piling like overdue invoices. Going under wasn’t an option,...

Every day with Parkinson’s is a fight – but it’s not the kind you think

Every day with Parkinson’s is a fight—but it’s not the kind you think. It’s not just beating the symptoms,It’s waking up and deciding: today, I will win. Victory isn’t always flashy. Sometimes it’s getting out of bed on your own. Sometimes it’s lifting a fork without...

Drive Toward a Cure Celebrates 10th Anniversary Rebelle Rally — Supporting Two Returning Teams — Each Honoring Loved Ones Lost to Parkinson’s

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: info@drivetowardacure.org For the third consecutive year, Shelby Hall (driver) and Rori Lewis (navigator) will compete together as Desert Roots — Team 150, supported by non-profit Drive Toward a Cure and aiming for first place at the...

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