Posts tagged with: mulitple sclerosis

mulitple sclerosis

Creating a life worth living is hard work

I’ve been here before. Trying to figure out how to live with my disease. I have nothing but time on my hands. It can be hard to figure out what... Read More

Nighttime: An Ode

Nighttime is alive with sound here at the Hidden Falls Home for Wayward Women. Nighttime is the sound of a million unseen creatures coming in through my open windows. I... Read More

In search of grace

I remember a time when everything seemed hunky dory one minute and then life happened and all of the sudden it wasn’t anymore. I was thirty years old. I worked... Read More

How About Some MS Merit Badges

It’s odd to me how easy it is to forget what it feels like to be home again after a long hospital stay. I mean, I’ve been home now for... Read More

It’s World MS Day (again)…Let’s Have a Talk

World MS day happens every year on May 30. As I look back over the last four years that such an event was even remotely relevant to me, I’ve struggled... Read More

Lucky number 4

Here’s the thing. I know the number 4 isn’t particularly lucky and I also know that usually one lucky number is followed by a not-so-lucky number and I’m already mentally... Read More

The Fun Aunt

My dad had 4 sisters that were very much a part of my childhood. Aunt Gail had a glamorous career with the airlines. Rosemary and her husband Uncle Donald lived... Read More

The subtle art of not panicking

When I decided to go for this new approach to my treatment, I made some promises to myself. Maybe they were more like challenges that I presented to myself than... Read More

I thought you should know…I’ve been here before

It’s not technically another two-month flush, but it feels like it is. I went back into my own archives to remember what I’d written during the actual two-month flush between... Read More

Another beginning

When a new chapter begins in someone’s MS treatment, suddenly it’s not hard to come up with blog content anymore. Suddenly one’s life is full of things to think about,... Read More