This seemed impossible at the time. I was living in Moon Apartments with Tiffany, Pam and Marici. We were attending our second year of University and were happy to be back together and out of the dorms. After spending the summer waitressing two jobs, I had saved a down payment, secured a loan and was now…
Author: EmRee
I'm a mother of five who enjoys watching my children be physically active, laughing, the color blue, more family, children and am very appreciative of everything my husband does for me and our family. I hate the Impact of multiple sclerosis on my body. I find it an absolute honor to be invited into the lives of those whom I serve as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I try to live a life that Is concerned about and cares for others as exemplified by my Savior Jesus Christ.
Change Your Method
I knew I had made it as a mountain mother the day all five of my children could carry their gear to the slope. At the end of each ski day they would be hot and want to take off their helmets and gloves. We always got home with five helmets but getting home with…
Touch it Once
Like most college students, I had limited storage space. My sweaters were stacked on top of the shelf above my hanging clothes in the closet. I can actually visualize the sweater I was attempting to get one day. It was a cabled cardigan in a muted pink color. I had a thought, “Go get the…
The Power of Patterns
As I’ve mentioned before I don’t do heat. Most individuals experiencing MS don’t do heat. In 1890 a German Ophthalmologist named Wilhelm Uhthoff describe this phenomena and for over 100 years the heat has been observed impacting MS patients. Now it is referred to as Uhthoff Syndrome, “The temporary worsening of neurological function in response to heat…
Absolute Value
Math was never my thing. No matter how often or how many others tried to be of assistance, it just didn’t seem to take. However, I do have a favorite math concept: absolute value. The symbol for absolute value is two lines on either side of the number. |x| This works pretty well for me…
Leaving the Nest
About January of our children’s senior year of High School they seem to decrease in cognitive capability. Some called this a form of senioritis but my husband said this was a gift to parents so that when children graduated parents were happy to see them move on. As you’re preparing children to leave the nest…
Her Name Is Bonnie
What adults can’t get away with, children can. Adults don’t stare at my wheelchair and ask me what is wrong. . .even if they really want to. However; children do both. They’re not offensive, they’re just curious. Frequently, they circle the wheelchair with their eyes trying to take it all in and you can see…
Fake laughing still counts
I’ve decided that I’m not really an introvert or an extrovert I’m a kidOvert. I get my energy from children! I honestly feel better when I’m around children. The spasticity my body experiences from the lesion on my spinal cord, caused by my MS, decreases. Well now I know why. It’s laughter! When I’m around…
Moms don’t always move kids into college.
For some reason I had always thought I would move my children into their college apartments. I remember my entire family taking me to college, helping me set up my dorm room and then driving away (okay that part may have been a little traumatizing with my brother waving and crying out the back window.) …