MS caregiving in 3 acts
Over our last 16 years of marriage, Dan and I have learned a lot about what it means to be each other’s primary caregiver. In fact, we learn something new about caregiving every day because much like multiple sclerosis, no…
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Embracing the sparkles that shine through life’s darkness
It must have been the living room lights that made my ring sparkle so radiantly. I was mesmerized by the beauty. All the beauty captured in my wedding ring. Ironic. Beauty forged from an ugly disease. Dan and I give…
#TBT – MS and camping at Coldwater in incredibly cold weather
Welcome to the first-ever Throwback Thursday post on A Couple Takes On MS, where we repost some of our favorite essays over the past 14 years since we launched our blog. These will post on the last Thursday of each…
I owe myself the same grace I gave Christina Applegate
I will admit I was having one of those mornings. You know: one of those toxic, gloom and doom, the-world-is-against-me kind of mornings. Added to the toxicity, everything was my fault. Or at least, I thought I was the reason…
Podcast Episode 11 – Ship Show
Few things are more frustrating than when a medical provider has the narrative written and writes you off … before the appointment even starts. Listen to this podcast episode, where Jennifer grabs the wheel and takes this show out for…
Benefitting from my ‘view’ of how MS support has changed
Picture it: Swartz Creek, Michigan. November 1997. A scared, 23-year-old girl is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Full of emotions and questions. Full of fears and tears. She bravely attends her very first in-person MS support group meeting. There are reassuring words and…
Our post-pandemic MS life: Relearning to beat the heat
Dan and my daily life and routine finally is getting back to normal. Much like the rest of society, COVID-19 put our lives on hold. We limited our risk of exposure to the virus especially because we both are living…
7 Questions with A Couple featuring Ryan Evon
Content Creator, Storyteller, Podcast Producer Welcome to “7 Questions with A Couple,” a monthly series that includes quick conversations with a variety of experts and influencers from throughout the MS community. We often refer to him during episodes of A Couple…
Lounge Hour – after the podcast
It’s amazing how a different sort of setting can open the doors to more relaxed yet equally insightful conversations between three friends. This actually was the impetus to Lounge Hour, the fourth episode of our podcast, A Couple Takes On…
Possible Post-Pandemic Palaver – after the podcast
Don’t feel bad. We had to look up the meaning of “palaver” too. As a noun, Oxford Languages defines this as an “unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure” or “an improvised conference between two groups, typically those without a shared language…