Climb for a Cure

Over Christmas I started telling friends about my climb to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro this summer and why I am doing it. The climb does not scare me, it is the telling of why that does because I have to tell something that I want nothing more than to just go away. However, what I have been given are nothing but positive responses of excitement for this opportunity and a few who think it is a bit crazy to want to climb to the top of any mountain!

This climb has a purpose, the first being to get to the top! The second is to raise money and awareness about MS. I still get emotional when I think about the day I was diagnosed. I would like this climb to encourage someone else, especially in their 20's and 30's, newly diagnosed to be inspired and know that they can still have dreams and goals.. As Lori says, "To go for the gusto"!

Any money raised that does not go towards the climb will be donated to the MS Society to fund research. Let's spread the word about this trip to raise money and awareness so that researchers can find new and better treatments, and better yet a cure. I would love to know that not another person would have to hear the words "You've been diagnosed..."

There is a saying "After A Storm Comes A Rainbow" and I think it applies in this case. Had I not been diagnosed, I would not have been given the opportunity to go on this climb. I am grateful for this and I have learned to never rule out anyone's potential, regardless of circumstance. It may be because of that circumstance that they learn their true potential. :)