“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong” (Dessen). The summer of 2012 was a brutal one – the year we found out my mom has multiple sclerosis, or MS as some people call it. Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune system disease, which attacks your immune system and has no known cures. My mother being diagnosed with MS was one of my biggest fears, it was nerve-wracking, scary, and even shocking; but I guess you could say it served as a catalyst for my growth into adulthood. Before finding out my mom had multiple sclerosis, I'd never even thought about what it is or how it could affect people's lives. The only knowledge I had of MS was that it could seriously change someone's life; my friend's grandmother
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She is my true best friend, the one person that I can tell any and everything. My mother, Sonya Hall, is also the strongest person I know. She raised two children as a single mother, while attending graduate school and working a full time job. We've been through hell and back, and she's one person I can say my has always had my back regardless of the circumstances, so when we found out she has multiple sclerosis I knew I would have to support her like she had done for me so many times before. At first, I was confused – we thought she had carpal tunnel because of the intense pain she was experiencing in her wrists and when we later learned the pain was an effect of her multiple sclerosis, we had no clue what was in store. We'd joined support groups, went to meetings, and researched everything we could to learn about MS. I couldn't begin to imagine how my mom felt; finding out you have a disease that has no cure has to be frightening, I was nervous and afraid, and I wasn't even the one being diagnosed. I usually avoid my problems, I've never been one to cope well with death, disease, or any type of loss. This was different. This was my mommy, and MS wasn't anything I could steer clear of, not
She is my true best friend, the one person that I can tell any and everything. My mother, Sonya Hall, is also the strongest person I know. She raised two children as a single mother, while attending graduate school and working a full time job. We've been through hell and back, and she's one person I can say my has always had my back regardless of the circumstances, so when we found out she has multiple sclerosis I knew I would have to support her like she had done for me so many times before. At first, I was confused – we thought she had carpal tunnel because of the intense pain she was experiencing in her wrists and when we later learned the pain was an effect of her multiple sclerosis, we had no clue what was in store. We'd joined support groups, went to meetings, and researched everything we could to learn about MS. I couldn't begin to imagine how my mom felt; finding out you have a disease that has no cure has to be frightening, I was nervous and afraid, and I wasn't even the one being diagnosed. I usually avoid my problems, I've never been one to cope well with death, disease, or any type of loss. This was different. This was my mommy, and MS wasn't anything I could steer clear of, not