I get to do whatever I want, be whoever I want to be and all of that possibility is up to me. How cool is that?
At 47, I realize that the gift of every day is the best gift I have. Some days are better than others. Some days bring more clarity, better moods, less anxiety and more will for living. Other days are darker, more physically painful (and that is a mood killer for me) and are tougher. I do my best to fight through each one and realize that I am fortunate enough to have a new one awaiting.
Life is what you do with it. Always learn, always create and always be.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, April 30, 2012
Rewriting my story ...
There is a part of my personal history that used to occupy this domain - msplaques. It was filled with a journey that mostly involved health issues related to several autoimmune disorders that I seemed to have inherited from time as a Soldier in the US Army. Life is different now. I'd like to think that those former accounts are behind me, erased from memory (and the Internet) and that I get the chance to start fresh.
I like that ... that's more like me.
In 2001 I began exhibiting symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. In 2002 I was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting MS and by 2004 I was retired from a fulfilling and lucrative career with GE Global Research. I loved life, I lived it hard and strong. I loved life then, and I love life now.
This blog is named the same "msplaques" as the one I started in 2006-2007 ... the same blog that was filled with posts about my health journey (surgeries, procedures, relapses, medications, videos, etc). It was cathartic for me and I know that there were others that identified with my journey. My journey became their journey too.
I'd like to think that I am in the process of "rewriting" and creating life from a different perspective. I no longer view myself as chronically ill ... but more as chronically living. Life is so much better this way. So, in a huge sense I am rewriting my history and my future. No matter what happens on a day to day basis, life will be what I make of it.
Instead of a huge focus on the autoimmune destruction that takes place when the body turns on itself, I want to change my focus to living and the creative process. A new way of catharsis and an experiment. I've learned a lot over the past 10 years. I've learned that many of the limits that I place upon myself are just self-imposed limitations and that the spirit and body had a tremendous capacity to heal.
Let the healing journey begin ....
I like that ... that's more like me.
In 2001 I began exhibiting symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. In 2002 I was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting MS and by 2004 I was retired from a fulfilling and lucrative career with GE Global Research. I loved life, I lived it hard and strong. I loved life then, and I love life now.
This blog is named the same "msplaques" as the one I started in 2006-2007 ... the same blog that was filled with posts about my health journey (surgeries, procedures, relapses, medications, videos, etc). It was cathartic for me and I know that there were others that identified with my journey. My journey became their journey too.
I'd like to think that I am in the process of "rewriting" and creating life from a different perspective. I no longer view myself as chronically ill ... but more as chronically living. Life is so much better this way. So, in a huge sense I am rewriting my history and my future. No matter what happens on a day to day basis, life will be what I make of it.
Instead of a huge focus on the autoimmune destruction that takes place when the body turns on itself, I want to change my focus to living and the creative process. A new way of catharsis and an experiment. I've learned a lot over the past 10 years. I've learned that many of the limits that I place upon myself are just self-imposed limitations and that the spirit and body had a tremendous capacity to heal.
Let the healing journey begin ....
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