The bar for having a happy birthday this year is decidedly low, what with the fact that I spent last year’s birthday doing my first stint at inpatient rehab after... Read More

More like everything old is old again, if I’m honest. I’m back at the beginning. A very fine place to start, or so said Fraulein Maria, but I’m almost certain... Read More

And it’s good to know. I mean, I was haunted by the idea that I’d find out what it felt like for my baclofen pump settings to be too high... Read More

So, wow. Things look a little different around here, don’t they? I felt like the blog needed a little love. The thing is, when I started writing this blog and... Read More

In my dreams I can walk. It’s funny because I’m aware that it’s a surprising fact, while I’m dreaming, meaning to say that it’s not like I’m dreaming of my... Read More

In my new, re-focused approach to having multiple sclerosis, I’ve been trying to keep myself motivated by focusing on small steps. I mean that quite literally. Small steps seem to... Read More

Once the time came around back then when I was able to leave my house without falling to pieces at the first pity look from a stranger, I started to... Read More

I’ve always been very much a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of girl. It wasn’t really a choice I made – it was just my nature. I had a boss once who said... Read More

I’ve never been good at math. I was a writing major in college. Even more, I was a creative writing major (with a minor in political science but who cares... Read More

It’s still off. My switch. It hasn’t gone back on. It’s a real conundrum. First they tell me, rest! Your body is healing, silly person, you’ve just put your body... Read More