I never imagined it would be difficult to walk. I never imagined how thankful I would be just to be able to walk. Multiple sclerosis can be brutally hard. Some days, it takes things from you that you never thought to be grateful for, until they're no longer guaranteed. But here's what I've learned: if you want to live your best life with this disease, You have to become harder. Not bitter. Harder. Control your thoughts Control your diet Control your exercise Control your supplements The...

Watching the USA World Cup game last night, everything changed in a single split second. Our star forward received a red card. Just like that, the original game plan was shattered, and the team had to play the rest of the match one man down. As the announcers debated the call, soccer legend Carli Lloyd summed up the reality of the situation in just six words: "Find a way. Figure it out." The moment she said it, it hit me like a lightning bolt. Because that is exactly how I have to look at my...

I have not posted here in a long time. I hope to share more moving forward, but sometimes life gets in the way. Sometimes, I feel like a bit of a fraud. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 57. By the time they found it, I already had 15 lesions in my brain, along with many lesions in my neck and spine. I was told by three neurologists that my MRI was "prognostically concerning"—statistically linked to a more active, aggressive form of MS if left untreated. People who know ask me all...