Mobility issues

....show up in unexpected places. Somehow I noticed that my right thumb can't close as far as my left. I've been stretching to try to get the mobility back, but it's not happening yet.

Check out the difference in how far my thumbs are closed;

I'm closing them as hard as I can. I can bend it a little further by squeezing it inside my fist, but I can't make it go any further on it's own strength.

Climbing Trees

I don't think my wife got a picture, but yesterday I climbed a tree. Well, at least a little bit - with a ladder head start. We've neglected the cherry tree at the front of our house for too long, and it's grown way too tall. It's too close to the house and I've considered taking it out completely. We still may do that.

I started out just cutting some of the branches that were easy to access from the ladder. Then I looked at it again, assessed my energy, and climbed in. I hung on with my affected arm and cut a few higher branches. Hurricane Earls' wind blew me around a bit. Every once in a while I thought; "what am I doing? I have Parkinson's." Somehow I was able to hang on and cut out about two-thirds of the branches. They're now laying in the driveway waiting for me to clean them up.

I think God is trying to tell me I can do more. And - that He'll take care of me even if I do something stupid.