Long lines at the mall, crowded parking lots, and the pressure to find the perfect gift can make holiday shopping very stressful. Any gift you give this year will undoubtedly be appreciated, but to help take a little bit of the stress out of the holiday season, I've compiled a short list of items that …
Continue reading A Merry Sclerosis Gift Guide: 8 Gift Ideas for the Spoonie in Your Life!
For someone who’s never really been much of a “shoe person” and lives mostly in combat boots, I didn’t expect a pre-move shoe purge to be as difficult as it was. So many memories came with each box I opened. Ah yes, these are the shoes my husband hates because I always complain how uncomfortable …
I recently had the honor of meeting with Colleen Kalt, President and CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Wisconsin Chapter, so that she could hand deliver my Big Cheese shirt (Big Cheese=the top 100 fundraisers in the state--something you've helped me accomplish each of the three years I've done WALK MS so far) this year …
Continue reading My Meeting With Madame President and My Thoughts on Ocrevus
To wrap up Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, I thought I'd do something a little different and hand the floor off to someone who is very much aware of the effects that MS can have on a person and their relationships: my husband. Caregivers are often overlooked and need just as much support (if not more) as we do. …
What did I do wrong? What could I have done differently? How could this happen? What did I miss? We ask these questions in the wake of local or national tragedy. We ask them when our children misbehave. We ask them when we suffer a financial loss. And we ask ourselves these questions when we hear …
it's only a bruise. 