Tennis 1

Tennis 1

Well, I did it… my first steps in holding a racquet and shooting some balls against a wall…

This afternoon I took my racquet and some balls and off I went to the park next door and did just that…

I am still a bit stiff… and hesitate in moving laterally… but that was expected… with Parkinson’s and all…

But I am confident that my muscles will develop… and I will ignore Parkinson… in the same way that I continue living without any Parkinson medication…

Other than tennis… I am proceeding in my de-boxing… and trying to fit all my stuff in a studio smaller than the one I was living before… but the atmosphere here in Stevenson House is much more positive… so I hope getting more involved… and find my niche…

Gone are the sirens of the two to four ambulances which come daily at Valley Village… but also gone is my seeing the little cat that lives by the mall where I had my daily coffee… I have to convince Bill to go visit the kitty…

More to come as I settle down…

Omnipresent Tikva

Omnipresent Tikva

In the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking alot about Tikva... such a sweet girl... I am with you my little angel... very much with you...

This morning I went to see her and got her two roses... one a peachy yellow... and the other a sweet pink... Ethel, of the grey army, told me that it was very appropriate for a little girl...

It kinda caught me by surprise... because I have been thinking of Tikva as a little angel, rather than a little girl... I guess i should widen my horizons...

Then I thought... Tikva is with me in this new year and the move to Palo Alto...

Thank you my little angel...
I love you
Nonno

I'm Moving

Yes, I am moving... to Palo Alto... it is more familiar... more pleasent environment... more activities... it feels like going back...

Some twenty three years ago I found out I had Parkinson's...
I remember asking my doctor what does that mean... I was fortythree at the time... his answer was simple... "In five years from now you will be unable to do certain things you are doing today..."

That is why I started playing tennis, and continued playing diligently for some ten years... till I dislocated my elbow while playing tennis...
Well, inspite of the rigidity of my legs(due to my Parkinson) I will try and shooting some balls on the wall in Mitchel Park, just one hundred meters from my new home...

Here is my new address:

Ivo Adam
455 east Charleston Road
apt A321
Palo Alto, CA 94306
ivo.adam@gmail.com
408-627-3333

the e-mail and telephone remain unchanged

good luck to you
Ivo

Jair

On September 12th would have been my friend’s Jair Levitt (ne Yankelevitch) sixty fifth birthday…

Unfortunately, Jair was so deep in his addiction to Alcohol that he succumbed and ended his life…

I keep wondering if I could have intervened… and saved him… but I was, at that time, so involved in combating my own addiction that I was unable to deal with Jair’s problem…

Well… I made it… over three years of sobriety… and I am proud of myself… proud of refusing to look at any temptation which will remotely lead to addiction…

Jair my friend, rest in peace… and may you find serenity in your eternal life…