A Scentsy day

Good morning!

I know it's really early for a blog but it's a quick one!

I have mentioned how much fun I am having with Scentsy and today I am doing another festival!

I have no special insight or wise words today.

My big comment today is to get outside and enjoy what Calgary gives us!

A big diverse city with so many wonderful things to see and do! Not to mention the great weather forecasted!

Stop by the SunFest in Inglewood and say "hi!"

I'll be near 14th Street.

Have a fantastic day!

See you then!

"It's like being hung over"

So many times I am asked how it feels to have MS.
So many times I answer that it changes day to day. Finding the perfect words is not easy some days.
Have you ever tried to explain to a child what love is? Why the love that you have for your children is different then the way you love your spouse? That's what it's like to explain a feeling that changes everyday.

A few months ago Mark and I signed up to do the MS Walk in support of the Calgary Chapter of the MS Society. I have been avoiding situations where other fellow MS'ers are near not of fear but more of a sense or realisation.

As you know, I am very open with "My" MS but seeing and hearing of others is just something that I have struggled with.

It was nice to see other patients that are still successful 10, 20, 50 years later but just like anything, there are those that struggle 5 years after diagnosis. I don't like to get emotional and I don't like to cry. I think this is the first time blogging that I am very emotional.

As expected, the MS Walk has patients at all stages of MS. Many of them were walking with poles or not walking but wheeling. I am not afraid of "my" future MS. I welcome the challenge and hope that I will be a lucky one but it is very hard to see that some have succumbed to the horrible symptoms that MS can do to a body. Maybe these aren't the correct words. They themselves have not succumbed but their body's have. They did not choose this.

So, I avoid a situation where I feel like I am the one giving the look that some give me at times. Pity, sadness, awkwardness. I don't think it's something you can help or stop. It's human nature. I aways respond to the look with "It's OK!, it's not my death sentence!"

Where am I going with this? Well, I do not often visit the MS Society website but I did yesterday.
There is a great short video called "The faces of MS" and one gentleman describes the feeling of MS so perfectly. I wish they would be my words...but they are his and I want you to hear them.

I tried to load the video to my site but I can't figure it out!

Click here! Faces of MS

Now to think of something else for my next post!

Support

You guys are amazing!

I blog simply to share my thoughts and once it's written it becomes a relief.
It helps to turn a negative into a positive. Who ever thought going blind, taking injections or losing my temper would become a good thing!

I am truly grateful to hear from everyone. Your support means the world to me.
I would probably still blog if no one read as a source to "unload" but it's nice to get these emails and calls. I love the feedback, good and bad especially the questions!

Thank you!