On a trip to the Bloomsburg Fair this past year in PA, I was speaking with a gentleman who was a veteran of Vietnam and he and I were discussing a mirage of different items when he asked me why I was walking with a cane! I told him I had Multiple Sclerosis, which was diagnosed in 2003. He said that he was very sorry to hear that and that he knew a man who died from MS in the past year - just what I wanted to hear!!!
I told him that my MS was allowed by God for a reason and that reason was because of my youngest daughter, Amanda, who suffers from anorexia and her father and I were taking care of her 24 hours a day. When I was diagnosed, I told her that I could not take care of her as much anymore, but I had to take care of myself. From that moment on there were a lot of tears and soul searching and now Amanda is a healthy 28 year old with two beautiful daughters!! That was His reason for my MS.
Now he can take it away -- not going to happen unless a cure is found or until I reach my Heavenly Home! I win either way - It is a win-win situation.
This gentleman at the fair said that I should write a book because I had such a positive attitude about my MS. I have never written a book, so I thought a blog was in order. In this blog I will try to tell everyone the positives and the negatives of MS and how we can all have a positive attitude about this devastating disease.
Why complain - who's really going to listen to our probems??? Stay tuned and let me know if this interests you!! God Bless!
You rock Anita!!
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