Hello everyone! I am PPMS and fairly understand the way you can feel. I learned to appreciate what I still can do and stop comparing what I used to do easily to what I actually can, now. Life is easier to be actually lived this way. You have kids, a wonder I shall probably never come to discover. What about appreciating every moment YOU can share with them? Your loving capacity and communicating ability (by the way, do you know 'speech therapy'?) are what should make you someone special to them. I guess comparing ordinary people to PPMS experiencing people is no good for anybody. There are your good days, when you can actually do things, experience very nice feelings, and that's what you need to feel alive and happy. Please bear in mind that the more exercising you practise, the healthier and happy your body. And that's a tangible reward! What is difficult and unfeasable at first becomes easier, more relevant/apposite. I wish you all the best, Orchid 5