My Writing

Song Sung True

I don't recall my childhood much but I do remember loving music. I glued myself to my radio and played my red-speckled phonograph incessantly. My mom introduced me to "the standards" like Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra. Read more...

Finding My Way Home

Thanks to another MS episode, I've learned how to live the life I want as the healthy, creative woman I truly am. Read the essay on the MSWorld.org website.

Since Forever

Presented to Barry Manilow October 2, 2004

When asked how long I've loved you, my answer: well, since forever.
No misgivings, no hesitations, just eternal dedication. Read more...

Familiarity Brings Respect

"It's all in your head," the doctor announced as he showed me my MRI that sticky July Friday afternoon. There were white spots.everywhere. Oh, no, my beloved brain was broken. How could this be happening to the most important part of me?

I took a deep breath, a big gulp and calmly asked, "Is it ..." Read more...

Buried Treasures

In 1991, a visitor named Multiple Sclerosis appeared and presented me with an all expenses paid trip to ... Read the article on the MSWorld.org web site.

Managing Mic

When my bosses asked me (again!) to forego the job transfer I wanted and stay where "they really needed me", I quit. No job. No plan.

But what now? Why, time to clean house of course. Read more...

Reupholstering A Life

Before 1991, I existed for everyone else.

But that summer, an uninvited house guest named Multiple Sclerosis moved in, helped with my interior decorating challenges and taught me how to create a place that's definitely ME.

Back then, I was a ... Read more...

Iowa Autumn

What Carrie discovered her semester at Dubuque University could be summed up in three words: Norman, Jeremy, Kurt ... Read more...