We all have a past.

No-one is perfect and that includes people who are disabled.

Some of us are very angry that we’ve got this illness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), even if we aren’t in a wheelchair.

I admit, if I had a choice, I wouldn’t have MS. But I’ve grown to accept my condition.

We’ve all made choices that maybe weren’t the best. I was happy to put behind me, my days of being a career woman, to doing weekend work or be a stay-at-home wife and mum.

I liked having an administrative, nine-to-five office job, so when I got this illness, it changed the direction of my life, which, at first, I found hard to accept.

None of us are completely innocent, as it’s still not known why a person gets MS. We will always have to live with physical and emotional pain that comes with this, which includes asking ourselves, "why me?".

Believe me, I’ve looked, hoping that I would find a cure. I’ve accepted I won’t find one. I still have days when I’m frustrated that I can’t get up and go for walk.

However, every day gives us a fresh chance to be a better person than yesterday.

So please get washed, change clothing, get a manicure and Carpe that Diem, regardless of the nay-sayers who’ll do what they can to steal our joy from us!

Light and Peace

Andria.