All posts by: Bethy

I’ve decided to start adventure hiking

Here’s the thing. I keep sitting down to write some inspirational prose about how to overcome adversity, see the bright side of life and wrap myself in silver linings made... Read More

Muddled, mucked up and stuck in the maze

I used to visualize multiple sclerosis as a journey. A rather complicated journey in a foreign country where directions and destinations are ever-changing and I don’t speak the language. Lately... Read More

The mental math of life with MS

I said I was writing my last post so I would remember things that I often forget that are kind of important in life, and in life with multiple sclerosis,... Read More

…and just like that

Milestone birthdays feel like such a big deal. All of those big birthdays come with so much baggage. Turning 40, turning 30…both happened at rather monumental times in my life.... Read More

Random thoughts while waiting for my car to de-ice

You know my constant debate… Go to the outside world, play the Old Me (who walks really funny but I don’t walk that much or that far, so it’s cool)... Read More

Remembering to say…for now, for today, for the moment

I think I’ve had my first bout of actual writer’s block. It’s been almost two weeks since my last post and while this bothers me intensely, I think it might... Read More

The search for peace (or pain relief…I’m not picky)

  It’s been a little more than two full years since I was officially diagnosed with multiple sclerosis on December 1, 2015. The contents of this entire blog are a... Read More

The effects of being broken

While watching one of my favorite Sunday morning shows, CBS This Morning, I always find something to inspire me, educate me or just widen my mind. We should be clear,... Read More

New year…new me?

I’ve had a lot of time to think this holiday season since I took some left-over vacation days at the end of the year to allow myself to actually rest... Read More

Tegan & Sara, concentric circles and failed resolutions

One time, quite a while back, I had my heart broken pretty badly. Correction, that one time in particular, I had my heart crushed to smithereens not by being left... Read More