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Got Grit?

5/30/2019

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​May 30th is World MS Awareness Day. Several weeks ago, the Grit team asked if anyone with MS would be willing to write about their experience with The Grit Freedom Chair. Today they shared the message I sent to them with the Grit family. I am humbled and honored. Here are the lessons I shared with them, that I learned from my Grit. They apply not only when I roll, but in life. May we all have a little Grit in our lives.

Got Grit? Yes, I do! No, seriously. I literally have Grit. Or at least a Grit. A Grit is an All-Terrain Wheelchair designed by some guys from MIT using bike parts and levers to help those needing help with mobility access for the outdoors. I met my Grit in June of 2018, but my story began in the fall of 2016. ​

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