In just three wake-ups I’ll be rising, braiding my hair, smearing on anti-chaffing cream and sunscreen, slipping on my cycling shorts and getting ready to clip in for the first day of the MS 150, a 180-mile bicycle ride from Houston to Austin to raise funding for those directly impacted by Multiple Sclerosis.
I wrote a little bit about why I ride a few weeks ago, just before a training ride.
Since then I’ve learned that of one of my readers, one of our Blogging Through the Bible in 90 Days sisters, has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. And a MOPS mom sent me a note, thanking me for riding and fundraising, as she has MS. And then a long-lost dear cousin and I became friends on Facebook and I learned that she also has been diagnosed with MS.
I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to do something to help these women, their families and the many, many others impacted every single day of their lives in one way or another by MS. To me it sounds like a devastating, terrible and scary disease. So I am honored to do what I can to end it.
I pray and I cycle and I fundraise a little.
The picture above is of a bandana the MS Society gives to riders so they can put a name to why they ride. In the past I accepted a bandana that already had someone’s name on it.
This year I asked for a blank one so I could add names of those I know that are impacted on it. I want to ride in their honor, praying for them as I pedal. And remember their pain and frustration when I get a little tired.
A sign along the route one year read “Two days of pain. Aren’t we the lucky ones.”
Yes, yes I am.
Can I ride for you? If you have been directly impacted by MS, I would love to ride in your honor, or your loved one’s honor. Please leave a comment here with your name or send me an email using the button at the top right.
It would be my honor to ride for you this weekend and pray for you.
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