KATKelly:Suddenly single - life with my daughter, my doodle, and MS

National daughter’s day - I am so grateful every day of my life for the beautiful little human I am fortunate to parent.  As a 100% single mother, every day is not full of joy but every day there are moments of joy.  She is the person I laugh with most in the world. The person I laugh the hardest with.  The person I dance the most with. The person I sing the most with.  The person I am grateful for all day every day.   Life is by no means all laughter and joy.  It is hard and taxing and exhausting. On days like today where I am MS fatigued, where I feel like I have run multiple marathons and don’t have the patience to help with homework after soccer practice while I am trying to balance my bank accounts, she sees the cranky mom.  The mom that doesn’t have the patience because it's all on me,  It’s not fair.  She is collateral damage from my disease and her parents’ divorce.   I try to check myself because I don’t have the backu...

Today is a day where MS wants to remind me that it is still here, but it is still the best day of my life. The weather messed with me. 50s in the morning and 80 in the afternoon means no bueno for me. Yesterday, I was your average everyday mom.  Wake up before the house, write in my gratitude journal, journal, practice some EFT (emotional freedom technique, tapping), read.  As I prepared my daughter’s breakfast and fed my dog, I cleaned the kitchen and put a load of laundry on.   Walked with Áine and Lilly to the bus stop, went home, and went to the gym where I ran 2 miles on the treadmill as I spoke with a gym friend.  I was excited to see her as we hadn’t seen each other in a while, and she is really the only person I talk to there.  They were too busy to do my strength training session so I went home to work for a couple of hours before I went back to the gym for strength training. It was empty at this time, hooray!  All was good until the trainer,...