Chronic Mama

I was 29 years old and had been married for two months when I lost vision in one eye and was bedridden. The diagnosis was multiple sclerosis (MS). At first…

Miles was drinking the bathwater again. I saw him as I walked by the open door of the bathroom, on my way to get the boy’s pajamas from their bedroom.…

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes sixteen years ago when my vision deteriorated from 20/20 to nearly-blind in three days. Since then, I’ve been very fortunate: not only am…

Since I became a mother, my husband hasn’t reached over in the middle of the night to feel my sweaty back, to wake from the heaviness of sleep and rush…