Who ’s on Your MS Acknowledgements Page?

I just finished reading chef Eric Ripert’s memoir, 32 Yolks. It’s a touching book about his journey from his mother’s table to working a restaurant line. After hungrily devouring the book in a couple of evenings of reading, I dug into the dessert that most authors offer at the end of their works: the acknowledgements. As a writer who was fortunate enough to have been given a page to thank those who helped with my own memoir, I always enjoy reading what others write in their acknowledgements pages. I think of these final pages as something sweet offered up after the main course. And just as our preferences vary when it comes to sweets, so do our tastes for how these pages are used. Sometimes they can be overly sweet, and other times so technical or personal that only those mentioned would understand and enjoy the message. Ripert’s was sweet and substantial without being cloying or overpowering. We All Have People to Thank As with many things, this got me thinking about living with multiple sclerosis (MS). I’d have to guess that each one of us likely has a page full of people we could acknowledge as we write our day-to-day book of living with MS. From the partner who knows us as well as (if not better than) we know ourselves, to the experts on our medical team who answer our questions, to perhaps the boss or workmates who pick up the slack when needed, we all have people to thank. I have an idea: How about we use the comments section of today’s blog post as a perso...
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