Most people know that B was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I wanted the kids to know that Dad may be different some days and that is OK. I wanted them to know that he is taking daily injections to help, not walk in the room one night and experience it and have no clue what is going on. I want my kids to be informed and to know how valuable both our health and our time together is.
H was having a hard time this morning understanding why you couldn't just have a support day, instead of just breast cancer.
I said, "well....what do you want to support and why?" Her response was, "The most important one to me is MS. I wish I could wear orange every day, BUT since I can't....today, I decided to wear a pink sock-for breast cancer and an orange sock, for Daddy."
Good lookin' out kid. I am not happy that my husband has MS. I am not happy about the effect it can play on his body, I am not happy that I have to watch him painfully take an injection every night. I am not happy to see my kids worry about him....BUT everything happens for a reason and I firmly believe that we are ALL learning from this.
I hope to make the kids shirts for the upcoming MS walk that we will be honored to be a part of, that say...
I wear ORANGE for my Daddy, so that some day it will be just another crayon color!
So,
to conclude this little note, I am beaming with pride in our ORANGE
family. I am happy that we have a diagnosis, and so quickly. I am SO
proud of my husband for being so brave. I am so proud of my kids for
being so compassionate and wanting to know more.
