My partner isn’t stuck with me—he gets to be with me.
. When I got the news my relief was far greater than my fear. Yes there was fear and anger, but I felt more empowered than anything. I hoped that I could finally get better and go back to the life I was building.
Then something happened that made me feel hopeful. After only a year and a half of dating, my boyfriend from London proposed. I said yes, and we got married soon afterward. This was a person who had stayed with me when I was a medical mystery and stuck around when I got a life-altering diagnosis. Maybe, deep down, I knew we weren’t madly in love, but getting married seemed to make more sense than facing the world of dating again. Telling potential partners—total strangers—about this M.S.
After my marriage ended, I continued to worry that no one would ever want me or love me because of my condition. It came as a shock when Adam thought it was one of the less notable things about me. Maybe the world could be a kinder, or at least more accepting, place than I was imagining. Maybe I could at least give people more of a chance to accept me, M.S. and all.I told Adam about the divorce and that I wasn’t looking for anything serious.
I had never been so head over heels about a person. Because of M.S., I sometimes have to lean on someone to help me walk. I always have more trouble on my left side than on my right side. Now every time I looked to my left, Adam was just there. Like he’d always belonged there. It’s the perfect metaphor for our life together: He’s always right where I need him to be.Adam had told me from the beginning that he was okay with not having kids—he just wanted to be with me.
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