Michael J. Fox was just 29 years old when a doctor gave him the news that would change his life: Parkinson’s. At that moment, he thought the worst, that his wife, Tracy Pollan, would eventually drift away.
It didn’t happen. More than 35 years later, she is still there, by his side, every day. The actor says Tracy never made him feel like a burden and that their marriage has been the best part of his life. When she was asked what the secret was to so many years together, she answered something as simple as it was powerful: finding something to laugh about together every day. ❤️
From that union came something even greater. They founded The Michael J. Fox Foundation, which has already raised more than 2.000 billion dollars and is today the nonprofit organization that funds Parkinson’s research the most worldwide. The fear he felt at 29 ended up transformed into hope for millions.