Category: Life Reflections

  • Healing Without the Hoops – My MS Journey: Part 3

    Healing Without the Hoops – My MS Journey: Part 3

    The Beginning When I was first diagnosed, I encountered some in my family and my faith community who had a whole lot to say to me. I know these people love me and want the best for me, so please know that I am not saying that people were spiteful or intentionally trying to be…

  • You Don’t Have to Look Like What You’ve Been Through

    You Don’t Have to Look Like What You’ve Been Through

    I don’t look like what I’ve been through. That’s the thought that keeps coming to mind after several discussions with someone I’ve recently met. At one point they said something like, “Look at you. You look like you’ve had the best life.” I gave them a rundown of a couple things I’ve dealt with in…

  • Ginger Ale

    Ginger Ale

    Recently, I was sick with a stomach bug. I woke up with a weird sensation in my stomach that I misinterpreted for hunger. About a week earlier, my son woke up saying his stomach felt funny and that he needed to eat something. He was looking in the fridge for food when he became close…