We had talked about finding another way to help my fundraiser, but I would have never thought that she would send me all of her beautiful pictures, give me the permission to use them and tell me that I could have them printed into cards.
When we needed a logo for the campaign, one of my simple pictures was chosen (it’s one of a beautiful butterfly that stopped on top of a pink coneflower in my colorful garden) and the Flowers 4 MS name was born.
Now, this campaign has started and, while I sold a couple of cards by themselves, it was amazing to find out that I could sell entire boxes full of them, raising a good amount of funds for MS research.
Now, this campaign has made another step by being recognised by Kim and her colleagues and it will make another step by going onto the website and becoming a part of the Project Restore newsletter.

When I went to that botanical garden, looking for nature, beauty and color, I wasn’t expecting to meet an angel…but that happened and I know, deep in my heart, why and how it happened.
I just continue to believe…

So, going back to Chitra, to Kim and to Deepa, I decided to take a picture with them and I would have never thought that we were going to let me take it in Dr. Kerr’s office!
Now, I look at it over and over again and that shot helps me believe that the wonderful experience I had that day really happened!
When the time of my appointment came, I had to leave the two of them and it was Kim that brought me to the office of Dr. Greenberg.

While I was surprised to see that patients, as soon as they arrive, have to take a number (it made me feel like I was in a butcher shop in my hometown in Italy!), I then understood that it is done to protect the privacy of the patients themselves by not naming them at all in front of the many people present.
I did the same, and I had to wait for my number to be called to be able to go and register.
Not long after that, with Kim at his side, I saw Dr. Greenberg and I thought that, while it is a cold thing to be called by a number, it is a very nice touch to have the doctor himself coming and welcoming me to the office.
While I didn’t have a good night at all the night before, from that morning on, I didn’t feel anything else but happiness and when I saw him, I couldn’t feel anything else but more happiness!
I just felt that I had to be myself and I exclaimed: “I know that I have pain, but I really don’t feel it at this point because I am very happy to be here!”
He smiled and I knew that the ice was broken.
With calm, expertise, kindness and understanding, Benjamin Greenberg knew exacly what to say to make me feel comfortable.
For 2 hours, he dedicated all of his attention to me, looking right into my eyes for the whole length of time and by adding some few little jokes here and there, just to make me smile.