I have to join the normal is NOW group! I am NORMAL right now! I was normal 20 years ago, I was normal 10 years ago, and I'm normal today....

Normal is a state of mind. And I hope that you will be able to accept you and all your quirks as normal. I found that once I did last year, after a MS attack that landed me unable to do ANYTHING for myself, that I was able to start repairing myself.

I believe to this day that I am still recovering from that attack. But you know what? Whether you saw me a year ago today in a wheelchair at my son's ball game or you saw me a month later walking in my walker up to the neighbor's driveway or you see me today walking a mile in 25 minutes with my cane. Whether you saw me sleeping 20 hours a day (as I did) or today at 9-12 hours a day, I have been NORMAL each and every day.

Find the blessings in the chaos of this disease. Find the things this disease has brought into your life.

I know you are groaning and rolling your eyes, because it has caused a lot of pain and made you change a lot of things. But strain....look for the good stuff, the unexpected things. These blessings will help you deal with the bad stuff.

Sounds like the start of a PollyAnna thread to me!