Dream Big

Hello my friends! Well life has been awfully good to me lately which I always like to be able to say! Things are so busy with my life, but the best kind of busy there is. This busy bee has been working like crazy to help plan for Molly's Fund Fighting Lupus' part in Lupus Awareness Month in May and of course Oregon Lupus Day on May 10th, 2011.

We have been working on some amazing grants for Glaxo Smith Kline and BP. They are really eager to support lupus patients and help us make all of your lives easier. It's so exciting to think about gaining that support and what we could do to make life better for lupus patients.

Lupus Awareness Month is coming up soon and we have so many events coming up with that. We are hoping that the Governor of Oregon will be signing SB 348 into law on May 2nd and on May 10th we'll be having a huge press conference in Salem with the Women's Health and Wellness Alliance celebrating Oregon Lupus Day and Women's Health Week! We will be distributing our materials and telling the press why lupus is an important disease that doesn't get nearly enough attention.

On the personal front, I am happy to announce that I finally am back to voice lessons and singing. For the first time in six years, I am able to get back to my passion and attempt to get back the career that I loved so much before lupus stole it away from me. Music makes me happy and while it's going to take a lot of hard work to get my voice back in to shape, I love every minute of it and have forgotten how happy it makes me. Everyone in life has a passion and I guess singing is mine. Being well enough to get back to it is an amazing gift that I am so grateful for.

For those of you who aren't quite back to being able to pursue your dreams yet, please hang in there. I never thought I would sing again and by some miracle, my lupus calmed down enough to let me get back to it. It can happen and please don't give up hope! Hang in there my friends and never give up on your dreams!!!

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
~ Walt Disney