Not only did my employer put me on ease back, accommodate my request to work the same hours as my colleague that lives below me (so we can travel together and save on costs), but also ... get this ... sat me beside my friend at work who is the girl I knew with Multiple Sclerosis before I went on leave.

I thought it was a coincidence, but they actually came to her and said, "We're sitting you with a girl who was diagnosed with MS, so hopefully you 2 can be supportive to one another". She was sure shocked when she saw my face walk up to her desk! She has known me a very long time.

We're now making jokes about how our pod is the most expensive pod in the entire building lol. But I'm SO thrilled to have her there. She's been diagnosed for several years, been on Betaseron for 5+, just had a child (an accident, but a good accident!) and she's a bit younger than I am.... so we connect and always have very well.

So I had a blast Wednesday at work catching up with her. Even our manager didn't mind that we spent basically 4 hours talking about our MS experiences with one another.

I really do feel like I'm truly blessed to be working in such an environment.