Thread:Betty2015/@comment-28694170-20160910061645

Here is why. ..

In September 2013, my Dad was diagnosed with Parkinson plus syndrome. He has multi system atrophy -- the cerebellar type. The disease is presenting itself on one side, and it also affects his balance. This is a degenerative disease and will get progressively worse. He is currently in long-term care at the Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre, where he has been since March 2015.

These are the failing health issues that my Dad is dealing with, and what threw me for a loop a couple of years ago. Thanks to THE AWESOME friends here who helped me get back on my feet, I have successfully raised over $2000, and my goal has been upgraded 3 times. I conservatively started with $500. Thanks to one of my dear friends here who shall remain nameless unless they decide that they would like to reveal themself, I upgrade my goal to $1000, then $2000, and now $3000 with less than 10 hours to the walk.

I am currently at $1879.87, which would have put me at 94% of my goal when it was $2000. I have committed to contributing 10% of whatever is raised, so I have yet to contribute myself, which I will do tomorrow morning before I head to Emily Murphy Park for the walk.

I will try to update more tomorrow. Things are going really well with my job hunt. There is a good possibility that I will be in another job before the end of this calendar year. . . just in time to celebrate New Year's Eve with my brother, sister-in-law, and the cutest nieces in all the land. . . and then Jamaica in January!!! 