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“When you’re a kid you get asked the same question by everyone you meet ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ The answer is usually something exciting, an astronaut or acrobat, a popstar or professional dancer, figure skater or fashion designer. When I was 10 I wanted to be a professional soccer…

“I often hide behind a smile and say that I’m okay. I would rather know how someone else’s day has been. I often look like I have it all together with my hair pulled back and wearing earrings or some make-up. I’m usually never late. And I rarely call out sick. Even though I feel…

“I feel extremely lucky. I feel lucky that I get to walk my dog, go to the grocery store, watch the sunset, hang out with my friends, go to dinner with my family, and simply wake up in the morning, especially since there was a time where I wished I wouldn’t wake up. I didn’t…

manage you do chronic is the word they give you when you’ve run out of options“learn to live with it” they say, no cure – just pain managementso manage you do you push down the fear of what the future holds,the grief of what you’ve lost in the past you’ve had to grow up too fast  the…

“After years of praying for purpose, purpose surely came and it came in hot! In September of 2019, my whole life changed when I heard the words ‘You have multiple sclerosis’. I know this may sound bizarre to many, but this was the most powerful catalyst for what would soon transpire in my life. A…

“There are things I have to do that are hard to imagine my peers doing. Frequent lab work and speciality visits. Trips to the pharmacy for refills. Filling out my pill container for the week. Then there are the more intimate worries: do I feel sick because I didn’t get enough sleep? Why do my…