As I was struggling/suffering through my afternoon yesterday, a woman started talking to me. She told me she has MS. She and her four sisters were all stricken with the same disease, and one sister had already lost her life to it. I immediately felt like my pain was small in comparison, not that we should ever compare and contrast.

She told me that each of her sisters’ husbands won’t help them with their wheelchairs because “they look perfectly fine”. Sound familiar, anyone?

She mentioned acupuncture, and specifically recommended the person she goes to each month. (A friend also recommended acupuncture to me not that long ago, so it’s not like I was unaware it exists and that it works.) She gave me his card. She said it truly relieves the pain and allows her to function from one appointment to the next.

And so, this quote feels incredibly apropos today.