Like most of you, I take medication for my multiple sclerosis. Copaxone is my medication of choice, though I…
Articles by Jamie Hughes
Last week, CNN’s Anderson Cooper broadcast an interview with “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. They had a…
I am now 41, at the beginning of “middle age,” and I’m tempted to give it the middle finger. It’s…
Living with MS can sometimes feel like you’re performing a one-woman (or man) show. Think about it. How many times…
For the last two weeks or so, I’ve begun my mornings by slapping on some makeup and, with my hair…
A few weeks ago, I told you that I’d made a decision: I had to slow down. I think…
I was at a church function last Saturday, chatting with the guest speaker and her mother, and I noticed that…
My husband and I were driving home from church a few weeks ago, cars zipping around us every which way.
What do a broken-down, out-of-tune piano and multiple sclerosis have in common? Well, they’re both disorderly and confusing, to…
When I first learned that I had multiple sclerosis in late January 2004, the thing I worried about most…
Playing Billy Beane in “Moneyball,” Brad Pitt utters the now famous line, “Adapt or die.” (Warning: The scene…
An awesome friend of mine at work who is learning to master Spanish as a second language has been…
“I’m alive,” said Shadow. “I’m not dead. Remember?” “You’re not dead,” Laura said. “But I’m not sure you’re alive,…
I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed the endless hours of Barney I was forced to endure…
Ah, it’s a new year. And what would a new year be without a few resolutions and goals to…
My eldest son, like thousands of other kids in the world, struggles in school. He’s partially deaf, and some…
Even when a major holiday isn’t scheduled in a calendar month, I’m a pretty busy lady. I work a…
Like many comic book geeks, I’ve been sitting shiva for the last few days, mourning the passing of Stan…
Books. Magazines. Journals. Emails. Online articles. Newsletters. Podcasts. Local and cable news. The quantity of information we take in daily…
At work a couple of weeks ago, I met a man who works with Christians in the Middle East.
After reading more than a few articles about how social media demolishes our attention span, prevents us from forming…
A couple weeks ago, I went to my neurologist’s office early for my annual MRI. It’s never a pleasant…
This past weekend was a busy one. My husband and I flew to Las Vegas on Saturday morning, saw…
Aug. 1 was a busy day around our house. Backpacks needed to be loaded up, breakfasts consumed, pictures taken, and…
I’ve been thinking a lot about privilege in recent months — what it enables as well as what it…
Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to too much Jackson Browne lately, but I’m distressed by the state…
I turned 40 this year, and it seemed like a mighty fine time to stop and take stock. After…
Recently, I was required to take a “quick” 100-question test to determine what my Enneagram number is. (I’m…
I don’t know about you, but oftentimes my thoughts are as unruly and irrepressible as Mickey’s broomsticks in “…
If you read my last column, you’re well aware that there has been some drama around Casa de…