Erase MS : Paris Hilton : Kathy Hilton : Race to Erase MS : Multiple Sclerosis

Paris Hilton and her mother Kathy have been on some talk shows lately, The View, Ellen Degeneress talking about their Race to Erase MS campaign.

They’ve partnered with the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis. The goal is to fund research and treatment and ultimately cure MS.

Having two members of my family with Multiple Sclerosis, this subject really hits home. Apparently Paris Hilton's grandmother, Kathy Hilton's mother-in-law was diagnosed with MS and their family, too knows first-hand what it's like to live with the disease.  Is MS hereditary? What are the symptoms? These are some things you can find out at the Erase MS site.

If someone you know has had a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, you know how important it is to spread the word and to get all the research dollars possible.

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Paris specially designed a t-shirt including the words, Be My BFF & Erase MS (image at top). You can buy this and other cute clothing items and some sparkly jewelry, the proceeds of which all goes to the charity. Pieces by Tommy Hilfiger, David Osmond and Judith Ripka are offered.

The organization has promoted their Orange You Happy to Erase MS campaign raising awareness funds to fight MS. In 2010, Tommy  Hilfiger, long time supporter of the Race to Erase MS, designed a  window at 10 Rockefeller Plaza.

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The window featured information and a huge graphic wave of orange.  Orange is the color that has come to symbolize hope in the fight  against MS.

Also in the window were the Race to Erase MS logo and a  photo of musician Avril Lavigne. Ms. Lavigne wore a t-shirt  designed by Nancy Davis to benefit the Foundation as part of her Peace & Love collection. Peace & Love to Erase MS.

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May is both Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and it's Harley Davidson's Women Riders Month! Vrrrooom! Let's get going on this!

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Pieces of jewelry that you wear every day?

Do you have a piece of jewelry that you wear every day? Something besides your watch or wedding ring? 

I have a special interest in items of jewelry or clothing that people wear, items have some special significance. Is it an heirloom? Does it represent something symbolically? Did you acquire it at a significant time in your life, did someone special give it to you? I wear my Mother's wedding ring. I also have some of my husband's hair (from the days when it was all brown! :-) ) in a locket behind his photo.

What a piece is made of may be important. Many people are interested in the lore such as the reputed healing properties of gemstones and metals. Jewelry incorporating shards of items broken in disasters, fibers from old clothing or miniature images can be held close as if we were holding onto moments of time.

I'm working on a short series about mourning jewelry as I think it falls under the umbrella of transitional jewelry.

These daily items take on a significance. My Mom's ring reminds me of her. If I have a surgical procedure, I hand my husband my rings beforehand. It's as if they're a part of you.

Pieces of fiction have been written about people's selling important and personal items of jewelry for the good of the family. It's a universal feeling.

I knew someone once who lost a piece that she wore every day. The solution was to get a tattoo in the same shape. Jewelry can be a memory and can become a talisman.

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