5 ways June virtually rocked our MS world
Today was all kinds of special. It was the first-ever Virtual Walk MS event for a team of MS activists nationwide – MS Activists in Action. Of course Dan and I were totally on board when they invited us to…
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COVID-19 legislative package: An open letter to Senator Stabenow and Senator Peters
Here is the text from the letter we sent separately to our U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters encouraging them to make sure the next COVID-19 legislative package ensures people with MS get what they need and helps the…
Use your MS advocacy voice
As MS activists, we are very vocal about improving our lives and the lives of the nearly 1 million other Americans diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. But here’s the reality: We know from nearly 45 years of combined experience with this…
We all will walk on
I should be walking today. No there were no huge advancements in Multiple Sclerosis treatments or anything like that, and I haven’t walked in over 18 years, but again, I should be walking today. May 9 was the scheduled date…
My grays deserve the salon treatment too
Dan carefully placed the bottle of Matrix Total Results Color Care shampoo upside down in the shower this morning. It is balanced leaning in the corner, trying to drain all of its final contents. I asked him if I should…
What COVID-19 isolation looks like for two people with MS
An extremely anticipated envelope from the Great Lakes Loons sits unopened on our kitchen counter. It hasn’t moved since Dan brought the mail in more than two weeks ago, and it crushes me to admit that I don’t plan on…
Your resolution starts now
We officially are two weeks into 2020. How is this new year treating you? According to WW (the program formerly known as Weight Watchers), “Most people ditch their New Year’s resolutions by January 17 (aka Quitter’s day).” At the end of…
Waking up to my MS realities
My lifelong friend Nora (she’s the bridesmaid to my left in the pic) and I were standing in a crowded parking lot in Chicago. She was strategizing how to get her poorly parked car out of the lot. She also…
Experience a new kind of MS support (virtually speaking)
“We appreciate MS can change the challenges of even the simplest daily tasks … and we understand how it makes you feel – physically and emotionally. Why? Because we are peers … we too live with MS and we understand…