Saturday, March 27 (Day 16): My friend Judy is the biggest reason that I am involved with the National MS Society. She has MS. An extremely progressive form of MS. Nothing seems to work to stem the progression of the disease on her body. Drug treatments don't work. Blood transfusions don't work. Even intense chemotheraphy no longer works. The heartbreaking reality is that her options are extremely limited at this point. Today was her 51st birthday. Our family and her sister and brother-in-law went to her house to celebrate her birthday.
Judy is a single parent with 2 daughters. Daisy is 9 and Zoe is 16. Both are adopted like our son Matthew. Our families are so close that we think of each other as just that, family. Her oldest daughter and I have always had a pretty cool relationship. I know less about parenting a 16 year old young lady than anyone on the face of this earth, but somehow she and I have always been very close. On my bedroom wall hangs a framed poem/picture that she made for me about 6 years ago entitled "My Best Friend". It is priceless. When she and I are together sometimes we talk about "stuff" and sometimes we don't. It is totally up to her. When we do talk, we talk about all kinds of stuff. I think she likes the outlet. She is a special young lady. We started going to movies together years ago basically as a way for her to get alone time with me away from her younger sister. lol. The first movie we ever saw together was about 10 years ago when we saw Shark Boy and Lava Girl. The last movie we saw together was Twilight: New Moon. Apparently, Shark Boy (or at least the actor who played him) has grown all up into the new hottie (her word, not mine!) Jacob in New Moon. The same one who made the entire theater of young ladies (incluing Zoe) scream when he took off his shirt in the movie. Wow, how things have changed over 10 years. lol. Well, as you might imagine, her mother's MS has been extraordinarily hard on Zoe on so many levels. Zoe isn't feeling well tonight so I only get to see her for a few minutes. However, in that short time she and I make a date to go get lunch in a couple of weeks and see another movie together. We also talk about doing some more driving practice together. She got a big smile on her face so I am pretty sure she is excited about our planned afternoon together. What she doesn't know is that I am even more excited than she is.
- Jeff Hamilton
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