We have to get it out in the conversation that seekingcaregivingis not giving up, she says.
Its getting help to get better and live your best life.
I blamed myself; I thought I had failed at childbirth.
After I finally got the diagnosis, I was able to seek the right help.
Be Yourself at Any Age
The MS has caused some prefrontal brain damage.
But being a baby writer is beautiful, and I hope to help other little Selmas with my story.
Im learning not to give it a rest!
If I see an arm offered, I grab it.
Thats new for me, and it makes the day more like a game.
Flaunt Your Assets
I never had badbalancebefore, but the cane has become my dance partner.
My days of heels are nearly gone, so my long-cane days might be over, too.
Those canes will have to be cut down for the Air Jordans I will now be wearing.
Then she died of cancer.
I felt such a profound sense of grief and loss.
The film is a love letter to her as Im trying to let go of her.
Embrace Change
I realized that if Im lucky, I could reach 85, MS or not.
Our abilities are always fleeting, but when they fail, its treated as a tragedy.
How do we enter a chaotic shift in our life without feeling its an end to something?
We just have to adapt.
