MS > BAKE SALE JAN 29, 2011

THE FACE OF

MS

Our beloved

Laura Roorda

great friend and "family"

We just happen to be having this

event to raise money to

CURE MS

in her honor

She has MS  but, [MS will Never Have Laura]

Not as Long as Laura has US!

MS SUCKS

Good morning morning

The Coffee is ready,

poured 2 cups

and

the little ones

are doing a happy dance

gearing up for a new week of

wonder!

Ready to start off this week

with your

HAPPY DANCE?

It's time...

To get in gear,

smile on

coffee poured

and

waiting for the sun to shine.

I hope you will find the time to look back to yesterdays' blog, those we are holding up

in thoughts and prayers.

The Warriors of this page, those who are being lifted up, those who are always being thought of

here on this page, and in the hearts of so many

who visit here.

I also hope you will take a few minutes to read the comments of those same warriors

those who are now

in preparation

for

January 29

the bake sale

TO RAISE MONIES

FOR THE CURE

OF

MS

Wanna face to put on this

God awful disease?

Start over and scroll up.

Take a look, take a good and long look

at

my dearest friend

and

a person we call family.

A WARRIOR SHE IS.

Laura Roorda

also a devoted and long time

Hospice employee

a devoted wife,

a mother

a grandmother

a loyal and devoted friend

who would give you the shirt off your back.

An avid gardener and boy oh boy

do the butterflies love her

and gather from caterpillars

to chrysalis's

to drying their wings

and then taking flight

surrounding her yard with great gratitude for all she is and all she does.

Yes

take a long look at this warrior

and know that she washes those cars as hard as those without MS, raising monies for

MS Research

while her daughter Shauna is out there in

Texas riding her butt off on a bicycle each year

in

The MS150

raising monies

to cure MS.

MS we are on you, we are coming on strong.

WE will cure this disease

and

Laura will be set free from those weekly

and painful

Interferon shots that make her sick

make her cry

give her a headache as big as the world.

She will not have to contemplate a surgery where someone walks with a scalpel in her brain,

and

those who love her will not have to think

of shaving their heads in solidarity of

what she will have gone through.

This Saturday

the

29th of January

is COB/Mom/The General's (aka) my Mom's

birthday

so we know this Saturday will be a great day.

This will be the day

for us to join

with a huge gathering

at Bethel Church on

McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater

and have a

fantastic bake sale

donating all the proceeds

to

MS RESEARCH

to cure

this terrible disease.

Laura's brother works for HOME DEPOT

and they have agreed to match all proceeds

that Laura is able to collect that day.

We have already had two (2) car washes;

one it was so hot that we thought we would faint by the time the day ended.

The first vehicle gave Laura a crisp

$100.00 bill!

The third vehicle wrote a check to Laura

for

$100.00.

The sun felt great that day!

That was held at

Tiffanys Family Restaurant

in

Palm Harbor

The second car wash

we froze in the morning hours, bundled up we were.

We thought we might have just lost our minds

and ached for the heat...

It was held at

"Steak N Shake" in Oldsmar

thanks to a Warrior of this page

the Mom of "Jaren" an angel now who left this life much too soon.

We laughed, we visited, we busted suds.

Laura worked and worked, then worked some more.

We were all weary at days end.

And

we were successful.

MS WE ARE COMING AFTER YOU.

We got a Warrior on YOU MS.
MAKE NO MISTAKE

OUR SITE IS ON

A CURE

WE HAVE A BEAD ON YOU

AND POWER BEHIND THE AIM.

Did you know that MS affects 400,000 people in the USA, and about 2.5 million people world-wide?

Did you know:

some are being misdiagnosed thinking they have a brain tumor, or just being told to relax or that
 "it's all in your head"?

Did you know:

some are being told to "just go home and wait for the next episode or next thing to happen so we can take more tests later"?

Can you imagine how frightening all of that is to so many? 

Those folks with MS have an interesting array of symptoms...

Things like not being able to stand the heat...

Things like having a blasting headache that makes you unable to function or find your words.
Things like those zillion neurotransmitters getting tangled like spaghetti noodles with frays in the sheathing sending out wrong messages at the wrong time at warp speed.

Warrior Laura out there in the heat washing cars, or out there just acting as if all is okie dokie, hoping and praying it will pass quickly
hoping it is not a "flare" and "whatever this is" that it will just pass in quickly this time.
She continually amazes me with her tenacity of purpose in living her best life, and live she does,
with great zest and gusto in all phases of her life.

Other things that may happen with MS:

Fatigue, numbness, walking, balances and coordination problems; dizziness, vertigo, optic neuritis, "changing tracks on conversations quicker than you can say [snap]!
(Laura had that last year and OMG... that was scary)...
But we sorta figure:

A bake sale should be in fact a "cake walk" compared to the car washes I'm thinking!

Probably silly thinking, but that is what I've chosen to think at this point!
“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
Bill Cosby

Humor comes in to play with life, with sadness, with sorrow, with any and all of life's situations. It too comes in to play loudly when living with MS.
And through many a tear, we have laughed and we will continue to laugh right up and through the cure
of this disease.
The Cure will be found
and
it will be
SOON.

"75% of those with MS are women"

"In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down." Annette Funicello



THE TIME IS NOW
TO CURE
MS
Every little action can lead to great results:
Saturday a bake sale, last year car washes,
Montel doing great things, others as well.
Touch one, reach one, and so it goes.
In your yard, sitting at your desk...
There is no limit as to what we can do
together.
STOMP
Look again at Laura;
she is your sister, your Mother, your friend
our Warrior here.
Ready to start your week
with a sense of purpose
of mindfulness
with
intention.

I thought so,
Blessings to all
and the smell of goodies fill the air
after all
everyone loves to give gifts of goodies
even if not eating them ~

After all, folks do love to snicky snacky or to pass them to others along the day!

We have warriors already filling their homes with great smells and creativity ~ Something for everyone it is sounding like.

Sweets/sugar free but sounds deliciously sinful anyway

kind of treats.

Rumor has it

Laura is going to fix up one of her fantastic

butterfly plants for a raffle

while

DLB plans

to make a silk floral arrangement for raffle as well.

Now I have to tell you,

I've seen both do both

and they are

OUTSTANDING.

So,

on Mom's birthday

at Bethel Church

the crowds will come

and

we will be there and be ready.

We will have on our best smiles to meet and greet

and

to make a lotta of dough

for

MS research

in honor

of Laura

and the many many others

who are walking with this disease

being newly diagnosed with this disease.

MS

WE HAVE YOU

IN OUR SITES

WE

HAVE A BEAD ON YOU

AND

WE ARE GOING TO RUN YOU OUT OF THIS WORLD OF OURS.

THIS IS THE FACE

OF

MS

WHEN YOU ARE

HISTORY

THIS IS THE FACE OF MS

We will hopefully see old friends, make new ones SELLING BAKED GOODIES,

 and make lots of money while helping Laura and Shawna make their goal of reaching that $11,111 this year!

 I'm thinking they will do it, they are pretty remarkable...

And

after all

it is 2011

so

I figure might as well shoot for all those 1's

how bout you?

YOU can send a check to

Laura Roorda

to help

it will be doubled by her brother at HOME DEPOT

remember

lauraroorda@yahoo.com

for how to do that.

STOMP

Every single dollar counts.

Every warrior and visitor here counts, tell someone else

touch one, reach many.

Yep, we are doing it January 29th, we will gather, we will spread the word, we will sell those goodies

and

folks will meet the "face of MS" face to face.

And many of you here probably know someone

with this disease.

Not so long ago someone commented that we should have a country wide "MS Bake Sale" on a certain date, I think it a great idea...

A Virtual Bake sale

that would be held in small and large communities of gathering with monies raised for MS research and

get rid of this once and for all

QUICKLY.

Perhaps Oprah can even get on board!

Wonder if she got Healing Heartaches yet?

Has anyone heard from her???

I haven't but then again, I've been in PA

and just now beginning to rest up

so I can leave for MD!

Oh OPRAH>???

We need you now!

BUT

for today,

let's get the word out

MS SUCKS

Maybe Montel can swing down to Florida with his new

"juicer machine" and sing us success

and bring

Syliva along for some good vibrations

as

we make

Laura proud

and folks just eat themselves silly

buying up all our goodies on Saturday.

Of course,

Laura is busy too; she is cooking goodies and working at Hospice this week in addition to all that, having had that awful shot this weekend

she will be ready

she will

STOMP

on Saturday

and

MS you might as well tuck and run.

We are on you

and we will not STOP.

We will try and take care of her along the way,

but

she is a Warrior and a stubborn Warrior at that.

We will wear our Warpaint and we will still laugh like little kids during it all.

AND, I will get to buy and eat brownies and cookies and who knows what else!

Ah,

thought you would like to know this...

The

FDA has approved a pill form of therapy... but its long term effect is not yet proven. But huge things are happening thanks to a trial from Dr Paolo Zamoni of Italy, who thinks that excess Iron may be a possible cause of MS.

USF is hoping to start their own study soon, and Laura's neurologist hopes to lead it... they are looking for a complete CURE as opposed to an ongoing treatment of symptoms involving needles ... Laura HATES needles...

She may just be one of those that is his first to get that cure thanks to you out there reading this... and those that get their home made sweets at the bake sale!

April is Shawna's next ride... she is currently training with spin classes... preparing, devoted and continues to challenge her mom... gotta buck or two?

"We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark." Whoopi Goldberg

The fire is burning brightly and its embers are hot...

Thoughts on the wind, hope in the air and to many are fighting struggles...

 today we remember and honor and think about them.

For many who have had that incredible break-through they have worked and searched a life time for, we celebrate for and with them as well!

That is the hope

in

Healing Heartaches

Walk In Beauty,

DRSES

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/