Our Story

Some of you are very familiar with our story, but we wanted to share a brief timeline for those who don't know our why!  

Amanda and I are sisters.

Our mom Linda was diagnosed with MS in 1995.  I remember the very moment she was told, and she basically shrugged her shoulders and said OKAY.  Which was the way mom lived her entire life, with one of her famous saying "it could always be worse".  Life resumed as "normal" until it was no longer normal.  Dad was mom's caregiver and like mom, handled it like a champ.  Dad as a poker player would tell us "This is the hand we have been dealt so we will play with these cards and make the best of it" and that is what we did!!!

Over the years mom began to experience more and more symptoms which lead her to retirement around 8 years after being diagnosed.  Mom was a nurse so sitting still was a big change for her, but again she didn't complain and just dealt with it.  Dad continued working and caring for mom.

Lots of struggles, sicknesses, and changes eventually led to them moving to Assisted Living at Bridgewater Retirement in September 2016. 

Dad passed away two months after they made this move.  Mom navigated ALL of these changes like always, with such ease and of course with no complaints.  None..Zero!!  

In August 2020 mom's mom passed away 1 week later on September 6, 2020, our momma passed away.  Had you asked her years prior, she would have told you that she was going "to go first", as she would tell me.  She faced so many incredible challenges, it was a hard race.  But in true Linda fashion she stuck with it to the end.  Personally, I believe her loving and caring nature was what kept her going, she had to take care of her husband and mom 💗 

About 1 year after mom passed away, we decided to sign up to participate in the 2022 MS Challenge Walk.  It was an amazing experience and I know mom would be telling us we were "crazy as shit" (another one of her very famous sayings).  I also have no doubt that dad and granny would have supported us in raising awareness and working to help find a cure for MS!!  MS rocked all of us and it would have been much harder if our mom wouldn't have been the person she was.  I feel like this journey is a way for us to remember dad, mom and granny.  So that is why we walk.

Lemonade for Linda, well that is because when mom was handed the Lemons (MS) she just used them, to make all of us Lemonade!!

September 8-10, 2023, we will be walking again!  This year we have set our fundraising goal to $7,500.00.  Team Lemonade for Linda has already raised $1,705.00 this year!!  Big shoutout to all of our generous supporters!!  Thank you so much!!

We are working on several different fundraising ideas, so be on the lookout for them!!

If you would like to make a traditional donation or join our team, just click the link!

https://mssociety.donordrive.com/team/32124