The first story in this book is Jackie Waldman's own - the self-described charmed life - until July 1991, when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It took years, but eventually she came to understand that a person with MS is only part of who she is. In this book, Waldman has collected stories of 24 men and women living with MS, who have extraordinary lives, and who have found the courage to do new things or old things in new ways.