The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Aug 25, 2026 | Hope In Motion

I was born into a big family with five older siblings, and when I was six years old, our family grew again with the birth of my little brother. In a house that full, it wasn’t always easy to feel seen or heard, but even as a child, I found myself standing up for...

The Weight of a Moment

Aug 18, 2026 | Hope In Motion

We all carry something heavy. A feeling, a memory, a change in routine, an acceptance, a revelation, a reckoning, a reflection, a diagnosis, a journey…. Whether that be in physical form or solely in your mind’s eye…. we all carry the weight of this thing...

You are more than what happened to you.

Aug 11, 2026 | Hope In Motion

I was diagnosed with YOPD 6 years ago. In 2020 at age 45. Something I have learned about myself is that I live better when I separate MYSELF from the DISEASE. I talk to my Parkinson’s like it is the unwelcome squatter I picture it to be. I tell it to stop. To leave....

At 23, Parkinson’s Changed My Life. It Didn’t End It.

Aug 4, 2026 | Hope In Motion

When I was 23 years old, I walked into a neurologist’s office looking for answers. I walked out with Parkinson’s disease. Those words changed everything. I didn’t just grieve the diagnosis. I grieved the version of myself that existed before it. I grieved the future I...

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