This is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week. I know, I know, it is technically MS Awareness Month. I guess at one point in time it was just one week and was eventually expanded to the full month. MS Awareness and Education (I have been leaving a word out) Month was established by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2003. MS Awareness Week focuses on warriors and their stories. It gives people living with MS an opportunity to discuss their singular experience. If you are unaware, MS affects every single person differently. Often called the snowflake disease. When a warrior shares their story, it allows the world to see all the ways that a person can be effected. Oh and don’t let me start counting the ways.
So here I am, telling my updated MS stories this week. The facts I will be sharing with you aren’t scientifically proven. They are Ebony proven. Which means they are not up for debate. Unless, you walk my walk and live my life, these facts cannot be disproven. And the numbers are also randomly selected by me 🤷🏾♀️.
Multiple Sclerosis Fact #147
Carpet is the devil and rugs are its little demons.
I hate carpet and rugs are a close second. I cannot manage to walk on carpet or over a rug without tripping. It is unavoidable. Unfortunately, my walking has gotten worse and I cannot pick my legs up fully to walk. I kind of scrub my feet across the floor. My right is worse than the left. This unflattering and unconventional walking style does not work well on uneven surfaces, things that can catch my feet, and any little area unseen by the human eye. Walking is a concentrated effort. And occasionally I have the nerve to try to walk fast. Never a good idea. Thanking God for all the times I could have hit the floor, but didn’t 😆.
More MS facts to come this week. I will also highlight another MS resource that I hope you will share with any warriors that you may know. I cannot spread the message by myself. I need your help. Stay well and whole. Much Love 🧡 💚