My Personal Circus

Life as an Author, Consultant, Single Mother, and Disabled Veteran with Multiple Sclerosis

Monday, October 27, 2014

Why Writing a Book is Like Having a Baby

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I just returned very late last night from having a BALL at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. This is my second time at the Festival, with t...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Why is the Government So Afraid of Medical Marijuana Research?

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In July 2014, my family and I traveled to a suburb of Denver, Colorado for a family reunion. As a subject matter expert on Mexico’s drug wa...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Knowing When You Can Fight, and When You Cannot

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There comes a time--well, actually several times--in the life of a person with MS when he or she has to come out of a state of denial and re...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

When "Supermom" Crashes and Burns

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Supermom officially crashed today. I was in the middle of heating up some pancakes for our kids' breakfast and I just started sobbing. O...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

My Complicated Relationship with the Word "Help"

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"Mommy, can you help me open this?" "Mommy, can you fix this?" "Mommy, can you wipe my tush?" Any mother...
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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Conquering the Mountains with MS: Space, Big Thunder, Splash...

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I'm not the first person with multiple sclerosis to visit Disneyland and California Adventure, and I certainly won't be the last. Bu...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

On Touching Me Without Permission...

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I was going through my Twitter feed this morning and came across this really interesting article on Vox.com titled " Are you a jerk to ...
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Sylvia Longmire
I'm thrilled to be an Air Force veteran, mother to two beautiful children, and a successful consultant and author of two books. However, everything I do every single day is tempered by the fact I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005. This is the journal of how I juggle all the things in my life and try to maintain some sort of balance on my personal tightrope between work and family, all while dealing with the effects of a chronic disease.
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