When I got diagnosed in 2000 doc said over the phone at work oh you have ms multiple sclerosis give ya some meds to take, my heart sank life was about to change. Sometimes God has a funny way of slowing us down. For a long time knew something was wrong with my body numbness pain tired until MRI scans of the brain and spinal cord see lesions, fraying of the nerves as I came to understand it.
Now 20 years in I know that it affects everyone differently and can change. One day to the next my symptoms come and go relapsing remitting or pain numbness stays it never goes away my hands legs feet. I’ve learned to live with ms, adapt ask for help rest. Slowed me down yes, slow but sure with my cane or rollator. All the while thankful to God for what I can do and have. When you don’t go! go! go! any more you spend more time with God make the time to get quiet and be grateful good or bad times.
We all have something to battle, carry on or live with some kind of thorn in the flesh. As with so many other illness ms is invisible don’t look sick, a sick that doesn’t always show but it’s there and I will endure with Gods help. Amen!
Seeing poems being shared many about slowing down getting quiet enjoying simple every day life no matter what it brings. Poet David Thompson Watson McCord my photo Mt Auburn Cemetery.
Philippians 4:5–7
The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.