Let’s Talk about Tracy
I’m reading a story in The Guardian this morning about Still, a new documentary chronicling Michael J. Fox’s life-experience with Parkinson’s disease.
This is a bit off-track from my usual writing, but I have a friend with Parkinson’s and it drew me into the story. Michael is only 62 and has lived more than half his life with the disease. I had always thought it (when I thought about it at all) as a disease most often occurring in one’s later years.
Anyway, the story is compelling, brave and compelling, frantic and compelling, as was Michael’s acting career, and I suggest you take a moment to read it. The world is pretty much a shit-storm at the moment, but most shit-storms are both personal and private, hidden away from the headlines.
But Michael’s wife, Tracy Pollan, has been there since before, and remains by his side long after
Her bio reads, “Tracy Jo Pollan is an American actress, best known for her role as Ellen Reed on the NBC sitcom Family Ties from 1985 to 1987” and goes on to r…