On June 27, 2014 I could only crawl, and I could barely do that. Imagine being trapped on the tea cups at Disney World and trying to walk with your right leg, right arm, and right half of your face and tongue completely asleep… That morning was the most violent and scary experience of my… Continue reading June 27, 2014
Below are the words I shared with our family and friends the day after I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis on September 29, 2015. " . . . And yet, you are Holy." But that doesn't mean we have to like the ". . . " In that equation :). About to bust out of… Continue reading “…and yet, you are holy”
I don't eat perfectly all the time. I don't count how many calories I eat or even how many servings I eat. What I do is try to eat only when I'm hungry and eat healthy "almost always". And "mostly never" eat bad things--sugar, sugar substitutes, dairy, wheat, and grains. I define "healthy" as minimally… Continue reading More about my “diet”
Dairy, sugar, bread… they were my nearest and dearest friends for 35 years. We were tight. You didn’t see me at a meal without one or all three of them. If I close my eyes, I can still remember what a cup of coffee with half and half and sugar tastes like… or a warm… Continue reading “You don’t eat bread?!?!”
September 29, 2015 will forever be a defining day in my personal history. I don't remember his exact words, but I remember the tone of the neurologist's voice, the hurried way he explained the images on the MRI, and the agony of watching my husband crumble under the weight of the news. I had never… Continue reading Why “Not Today, MS”?
Not Today, MS 