CC Biker & motorsports
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The Light in the Darkness
ly, he will never get to do that. My father-in-law suffers from a very My father-in-law, Don Re- rare disease called Progressive ichenecker, loves motorcycles. Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) which He owned two when he was is a neuromuscular degenerative disease. PSP causes all the muscles in his body to contract making even basic things like feeding himself impossible. It affects everything, from difficulty showing emotion, being stuck in a wheelchair, slow processing time and difficulty speaking which makes conversations very one sided. He usually says a word or two and that’s about it. The hardest part about this disease is knowing that he is still in there and un- in-law’s love for motorcycles and derstands what’s going on but is God is why I contacted Michael Whipple from Soldiers for Jesus incapable of communicating. and Brett Bertoldi from Broken I recently bought a Harley-Da- Chains, who organized a motorvidson myself and asked my cycle run for my father-in-law. father-in-law if he wanted to get On Saturday, January 11th, 2020 on it and of course he said yes! my father-in-law was taken to a So, on Thanksgiving my brother park where he sat and waited for younger, a Harley sportster and a came over and helped me get my the motorcycles to come rolling 1974 shovelhead. From what I’ve father-in-law up out of his wheel- in. The first ones to ride in were heard his bikes never slept on chair and on my bike. The look the Underlords MC. To see the the cold concrete, he would bring on his face when he revved it up, excitement on his face was pricethem in the house, in the living priceless, I haven’t seen that in less. I rode down to Fashion Fair room to “sleep”. He had dreams quite a while. His excitement and to meet up with everyone else, and plans of buying a full-dress joy caused me to reach out to kickstands up at 10:15 and we Fat Boy when he retired to see the biker community before he is began our journey to my fatherthe country on that bike with his unable to show any emotions be- in-law. As we rounded the corner wife of 32 years. But unfortunatecause of this disease. My father- and started to pull in the park, I could see his face filled with amazement and happiness. He was excited to see all the bikes roll in. It was truly a blessing to see and hear everyone walk up Steven Johnson WRITER
to him to shake his hand and tell him what an honor it was to ride for him. We took a ton of pictures and we had a lot of people praying for my father-in-law. You guys made his day as it did ours, as a family we cannot express enough how much this meant to us to see him honestly happy. I would like to thank all that showed up; Broken Chains, Warriors of Faith, Underlords MC, Christian Motorcycle Association, Bikers for Christ, Soldiers for Jesus and American Warrior. Thanks to everyone who came out to be there and show support. I love all you guys! Let’s get awareness of this disease out there, so people can understand, do more research and find a cure. We love you dad and all this was for you! God Bless!!!!