October 20, 2023 Columns by John Connor This is what happens when I actually take the weekend off A few columns back, I wrote about my lack of time to get anything done. Sure, the way around it would be to get up infernally early ā well, early for me. But Iām most certainly not going to pay to be punished. And thatās the story Iāve always…
August 4, 2023 Columns by Ed Tobias In August, I’m celebrating a big birthday and an MS anniversary “Will you still need me, will you still feed me/ when I’m 64?” Could Paul McCartney have imagined what life would be like at 64 when he wrote that iconic lyric as a teenager, or when the Beatles recorded it in their early 20s? I never could’ve imagined…
January 19, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah Recovering the Parts That MS Stole From Me āWho in the world am I? Ah, that is the great puzzle.ā ā “Aliceās Adventures in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carrol Jan. 9 was my 31st birthday. I remember looking outside, watching the low January sun glisten on the frosty ground as its orange haze thawed the earth. I liken this…
March 7, 2019 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell My Second Act: Turning 50 with SPMS If a cat has nine lives then I have at least twice as many. One day shy of my 50th birthday, my mind runs a vivid montage of years past. I close my eyes and I am there. I feel a heavy melancholy as the movie rolls. I see…
March 1, 2018 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Reflective Calm: Finding Peace Amid Progression I have been contemplative these last few days, lost in thought regarding the state of the MS. I am not sad or upset, simply in observation mode. Reaching for what may have precipitated this gentle melancholy, I realize I am on the precipice of my 49th year. While MS continues…
October 20, 2017 Columns by John Connor The Blowout It was one of those mornings the day after, when I was moving like a zombie before they became ubiquitous. The night before had been my 30th birthday ā I was now an old bloke. About 20 of us had gathered in an uber-cool West End London restaurant, drank…