MS is a horrid disease. We have all heard of it but I doubt that everyone knows how it affects the lives of sufferers. This post by Lynne about her daughter is both moving and informative, please have a read.
As Lightly Crunchy pointed out, May is MS Awareness Month. I perhaps should have known this but I and my family are still new to this. Our daughter/sister/niece/cousin/fiance was diagnosed a year ago. I wrote an essay, which I might share at some point, titled “A Helper, A Dreamer and a Radiant Beamer”. It is about my three daughters and Jamie is the Radiant Beamer, and Jamie has MS. We don’t know where this road will take us and unknowns make us fearful and we push them aside.
Jamie is facing this bravely though we know of the fear and the anxiety that lies beneath. I am also still trying to find my way – I want to wave my Mother’s Wand and make it all go away … I should be able to, but I can’t. MS has already affected our family relationships – I do think we are…
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Lucid Gypsy 
Thank you for introducing Beyond the Bush. I enjoyed reading her important post. Best to you too, Gilly!
Glad you liked it Lisa, some thing just have to be shared!
This is so unusual: I just started working today on a story with a main character that has MS. I knew a good deal about the disease, from the experiences of two other people. But this article puts another human face to it and opens the doors to links with even more information. I will check them out as well, so that I can make this character as true-to-life as possible, and hopefully others will understand more too. It’s amazing how paths cross each other at opportune times on this WordPress community.
Fantastic timing Sandra 🙂
Loved the blog–thanks for pointing me in the direction!
Great Anne, thanks for reading!
Thanks for sharing it…
I felt it was an important one Elizabeth 🙂
Thanks for sharing.