Die-hard Boston Red Sox fan Paul Szantyr has written his memoirs of a monster that has no color, not even Green. Paul's monster is ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's disease which challenges him daily. If Major League Baseball or 4-ALS Awareness is in need of a real baseball story, here's your chance. He describes what it's like to be a member of the Red Sox's Nation and his gratitude to the number one ALS Advocate, Curt Schilling. All he needs for this home run book is a publisher.
From Paul's book he describes his situation:
Nobody EVER thinks it will happen to them!
It's true, isn't it? We're just not wired to think that way. Nobody leaves their house in the morning thinking, 'Today, I just might come down with an incurable illness, so I better make these next few hours count for something.' We are saddened when we hear that it's happened to someone else that we know -it's always the other guy, but me? Naw, not me!
Yet, here I sit, almost 9 years since the first symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease initially presented themselves, and I have a lap-full of regrets to ponder with no means of resolution on my immediate horizon. In my on-going conversations with the Almighty, I often ruminate about how He could trust me to get my priorities right now; that if I could get my health back, I wouldn't squander opportunities to be a better Christian, a better husband, or even a better friend. I know it's still not too late, but one of my fears is that if I suddenly become that person now, God will just think that I'm trying to get into heaven.
Baseball fans will appreciate the irony of the title:
"How Does A Red Sox Fan Get Lou Gehrig's Disease?"
It has been seen by one publisher, and it is batting 1.000 for rejections.
It has been seen by one publisher, and it is batting 1.000 for rejections.
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