Living Well with Parkinson's
Chapter One
Do Not Disturb!
Things are good right now,
Really good.
So if you find a
"Do Not Disturb" sign,
Hang it outside
The door to my life.
- Lois Wyse, I Am So Glad You Married Me
Life was beautiful in 1978. My marriage was solid, and my husband
and I felt better than ever about our relationship. We were
pleased with our children, now grown and married to individuals
whom we loved dearly. My career as an educator was at its peak,
and I felt very productive. I was forty-seven years old. Physically,
I had never felt better. I had wonderful friends and relatives. I had
a lovely home in Maine. Is it any wonder that I did not want anything
to disturb my life?
I was born Glenna Wotton in 1931, in a small community in
northern Maine. I grew up during the Depression years, surrounded
by relatives who were short on money but never short on
love and caring for one another. Mine was a secure world, where
life revolved around the one-room school, the church, and my
family. Eventually, when I left home to become a teacher, I was
armed with faith and the values with which I had grown up.
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