Slightly Better - Last Post

Hello Friends & Family,

This will be my last post to this blog. However, I will be creating a new blog, for new beginnings: http://www.copewithms.blogspot.com/. Our trip to Costa Rica was a success. Even though we have not seen complete healing, as we had wished, there is still some improvement. The most important accomplishment was complete acceptance of where we are and what we need to do from here forward.  Until then, there had been an element of denial, at least for me. Our family continues to love and nurture one another, looking to the future, with an acceptance that reality will never be what we had hoped. However, it is still very bright and there is much to anticipate. Please pray for us; this is a tough disease! However, in the Reynolds' Family we are strong and learning to count our blessings, the most important of which are:

1) Strong love and support between Steve and Laura
2) Three smart, compassionate, beautiful, talented and gifted young women in our lives; Alyssa, Julianne & Michelle
3) Two strong sources of income
4) A beautiful home, in a beautiful neighborhood, in a beautiful area of the country
5) Life in the US, the greatest country in the world

For these things we are very grateful and appreciative, as well as for your support and kindness over the last year. My new blog will be about how a family copes with MS, specifically in a marriage. This is something about which I have wanted to write, for more than 10 years, but the pain was too great, until now.  My main purpose is to reach out to other families who are dealing with the challenges of Multiple Sclerosis in their lives, and to encourage them to not let it destroy them. Family is the most important thing!

Thank you again for all you have done over the last year. We are forever indebted.
Laura and Family