Family

Let us spend the day reflecting, with family and friends; laughing and eating together. I’m thankful for my health and family. I’m thankful for being able to live in a Country that allows me to do and be what I want.

However you spend your Thanksgiving day, please remember a few things:

• Our Military friends, no matter where they are, keeping us safe and free
• The less fortunate in our community
• The less fortunate globally

I wish everyone the best.

Hey all, there is a dinner tonight to benefit a friend of Ash Buckles who was paralyzed from the chest down in an auto accident a few weeks ago. This man is a Father of two and has one due in a few weeks. This is an extreme hardship on the family and his friends are trying to do what ever they can. Visit Ash’s blog for more details on the dinner.

To take it one step further, if you can’t make the dinner, please consider donating to the Family. There is a PayPal button on Ash’s website that will let you donate what ever you feel you can. I’ve seen this community come together to support those in need. We need to do it now. Thanks for your support.

This is a great comic strip. Check it out.

http://xkcd.com/327/

I have a vested interest in finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. There are so many lives affected by MS, and most people you see who have MS you wouldn’t be able to tell. It’s a debilitating disease that eventually robs a person of all their motor skills. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society describes it this way:

MS is thought to be an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS consists of the brain, spinal cord, and the optic nerves. Surrounding and protecting the nerve fibers of the CNS is a fatty tissue called myelin, which helps nerve fibers conduct electrical impulses.

Several of my close Family members have MS. I would love to see a cure happen in my life time. It’s important to continue researching what causes this disease. Who gets MS?

Approximately 400,000 Americans acknowledge having MS, and every week about 200 people are diagnosed. Worldwide, MS may affect 2.5 million individuals.

There are many ways you can get involved in helping the fight MS. The MS Society has a great list here.

ProBlogger.net, as part of their Birthday Bash, and a sponsor FreeMoneyFinanace.Com are giving away $1000 to the winners favorite charity. Mine would be the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I would encourage you to donate as well.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage everyone who has a blog or web site to post some type of banner with a link to The Pink site.

I like to think beyond just breast cancer and honor everyone who is fighting the disease, or who has lost the battle. My Wife’s Mother passed away nearly 12 years ago of cancer. It was a very sad time in our Family. Cancer is cruel not only to the person who has it but to their Family as well.

There is still a lot work to be accomplished in finding a cure for cancer. Please consider donating time or resources to the efforts.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure.