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ESSAYS

(listed alphabetically by title)

"2005"
Monica Petter

 "2006"
Monica Petter

"8:12 P.M. "
Kathy F. Johnston

"A Christmas Gift"
Bethany Brake

"A Concept of Time"
Debbie McCracken, aka Thurmont

"A Daydream to Share"
Kathy Whitson, aka MtyOP/mtymac413

"About... Um... I Forgot!!"
Kathleen Hall

"Accepting the MS Challenge...
A Family Approach"
Christine

"Another Saturday at the Library"
Linda Sisk

"Another Year"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"Applying for SS Disability: What worked for me"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"Applying for SS Disability: A Response"
Martina P.

"Autumn in Missouri"
Diane Rawls

"Be Good to Yourself Therapy"
Joanne

" The Big Valley"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Buried Treasures"
Mari L. McCarthy

"The Butterfly Through the Keyhole"
Monica Petter

"Cabin Fever"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Caution - Brain Derailed: Detour Ahead"
Shirley C. Towne

"Chauffeurs and Chefs"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Choose Your Response Wisely"
Karri Thompson

"Cinderella and the Wheelchair"
Sissy Freeborn

"Contentment at Thanksgiving"
Sissy Freeborn

"The Contender"
Monica Petter

"Counting Coup"
 Kelly Tomlinson

"Courage"
Susan Guziejka

"The Day My Clock Stopped"
Philip Spencer

"Dead of Midnight"
Monica Petter

"Deciding to Use a Cane:
My Many Excuses Not To"
Karri Thompson

"Reply to Karri Thompson's Essay"
Anne Rusoff

"Decoration Day Memories"
Diane Rawls 

"Defining Home"
Monica Petter

"Disabilities Funny? Sure, Why Not? "
Susan Guziejka

"The Doghouse"
Trudy LeBeau

 "Do You Believe In Miracles?"
Alyson Turner, aka alyson1

"Etch A Sketch"
Monica Petter

"Exacerbation"
Kelly Tomlinson

"The Face of Ms"
Cindy McManus, aka Quanite 

"Fatherly Advice"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Fathers"
Trudy Le Beau

"Feel Good"
Monica Petter

 "Fighting For Disability Rights in America:
Win, Lose...or Die Trying"
Bob Guidara 

"Fighting MS and the World"
Kaehla Stevens

"Finding My Way Home"
Mari L. McCarthy

"First Class Travel"
Kelly Tomlinson

"The First Milestone"
Monica Petter

"A Full Life"
Kelly Tomlinson

 "A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to Chat Last Night"
by CindyOP aka tngail

"The Game Winner"
Quentin D. Rose

"Going the Extra Mile:
Travel Notes From an MS Caregiver's Diary"
David H. Oberlander

"Golf and MS"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Gratitude 101"
Monica Petter

"Great Spirit Prayer of the Iroquois"
Sissy Freeborn

"Gym Talk About MS"
Joy Gravely

"Harvesting Christmas Gifts"
Diane Rawls

"High Drama"
Monica Petter

"Holding My Breath"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"Hope"
Monica Petter

"Hoping for Your Safe Landing"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"How to Jazz up Your Walker"
Brenda Berube, aka BrendaB 

"Human Nature"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Impeccable Uncertainty"
Monica Petter

"Incidental Clothes"
Olga Hill 

"In Search of a Miracle Cure"
Abhi Ogale

"Is There a Face Behind That Screen?"
Pat Gurney, aka ARTIST

"It's Harvest Time Again"
Sissy Freeborn"

"The Journey"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Just Keep Moving"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"Letting Go of the Past"
Nance Putinski, aka POSSIBILITIES

"Link-Up"
Rob McShane

"A List of Things I am Thankful For"
Daisy

"Locked in a Relationship"
Tracey Mitchell

 "The Lollipop Lesson"
Kimberly Carnivale

"Looking at the World From the Inside Out"
Jim Porter

"Looking for God"
Sissy Freeborn 

"Loving Richard"
Mary Camp

"Making the Best of It"
Dan Fueger 

"Mirror Image: Life and MS"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Mother Told Me There Would be Days Like This!"
Sissy Freeborn

"MS and Chronic Pain"
Walter B. Anderson

"MS and Letting Go"
Sissy Freeborn

"MS Cure"
Cole Harris - Grade 3

"Musings of an Itinerant Philosopher"
Kelly Tomlinson

"My Chariot Awaits"
Joy Gravely

"My Hot Chocolate Philosophy"
Maxine Young

"MY Face of MS"
Lisa Geraghty

"My Friends"
Quentin D. Rose

"My Inspiration"
Meagan Lindsay

"My IV Steroid Treatment"
Karri Thompson

  "My Life As A Miss With MS" 
Lenore Nicastro

"My Life With MS: Like a Walk on The Beach"
Chris Rock

"My Love of Gardening"
Diane Rawls, aka Diane1948

"The New Blank Page"
Monica Petter 

"No Fair?"
Trudy LeBeau

"No Old Weeds"
Monica Petter

"No Such Coincidence"
Monica Petter 

"Open Letter"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Point of No Return"
Beverly Dawn Nelsen

"Praise You in This Storm"
Belinda Kersey

"Saturday at the Library"
Linda Sisk

"Seldom is Heard
a Discouraging Word"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Show Your Spirit"
Joy Gravely

"A Sparkling Fourth of July . . . remembering"
Diane Rawls, aka Diane1948

"Squiffy vs. the London Marathon"
John Habkirk

"The Strategy"
Monica Petter

"Summer's End"
Diane Rawls, aka Diane1948

"Summer Lessons"
Diane Rawls, aka Diane1948

"Swimming for Tomorrow"
Sally Slocum, aka PeachOP

"Summertime, Summertime... "
Kathleen Hall

"The Sun Will Rise"
Quentin D. Rose

"The Ten Commandments of an MSer"
Angie Welch  

"Thinking, Working, and Expecting the Best"
James, 10 years old 

"Thoughts, Feelings"
Carolyn Reynolds

"Thoughts on Change"
Shirley Butler

"The Train"
Thomas M. Burgess

"Tweak It"
Monica Petter

"Until You Walk in Her Flats"
H.B. Cimmonz, aka cimmonz 

"Urgency"
Monica Petter

"Vanishing Independence"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Waxing and Waning"
Kelly Tomlinson

"Weeding Can Be Good for What Ails You"
Liz Thompson, aka LizOP

"What Goes Around, Comes Around"
memory by Monica Petter

"What a Wonderful Day..."
Sissy Freeborn

"What Did I Lose?"
Quentin D. Rose

"Wheelchair Detective..."
Sharon Piper, aka ShareOP

"When Harvest Leaves"
Monica Petter

"Who’s Driving This Bus, Anyway?"
Barbara Finch

"Who Are the People with MS"
Virginia Sanchez

"Words"
Thomas M. Burgess

"You Can't Keep an Old Guy Down!"
Bernadine Whitaker

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