Ann Romney: The Blessing of an Eternal Perspective in the Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
All In
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🗓️ 18 September 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
An uncertain future often accompanies the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Such was the case for Ann Romney. In this week's episode, she shares how the hope of eternal life carried her out of the darkness of depression and discouragement, leading her to fight for her life. She also explains why she now feels a responsibility to offer hope to others and what she is doing about it.
"The Savior will fill in all the holes and all the gaps and all of the weaknesses, which become accentuated when you're sick. And it's a reminder that we cannot do this, never, not one of us can get there without the Savior. And it's a very sort of abrupt and sudden reminder that that's very true. We need His love. We need His forgiveness, and we need His mercy."
Show Notes:
3:22- Life Before MS/Diagnosis
6:28- "An Identity Issue"
9:07- The Immediate Impact of MS
11:19- Finding Help
17:12- Fighting Fatigue
18:37- Researching for the Future Generation
22:35- Grateful for MS?
24:06- Rediscovering Herself
27:22- Supporting a Loved One in the Face of Health Challenges
30:39- The Reality of the Atonement of Jesus Christ
35:37- Why an Eternal Perspective Matters
38:08- Embracing God's Plan for Us/Fulfilling Our Individual Missions
44:15- How The Gospel Changed Her Life
46:10- What Does It Mean To Be "All In" the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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| 0:00.0 | In 2015, Anne Romney told the Today Show's Hoda and Kathy Lee that the hardest part of |
| 0:06.8 | writing her memoir in this together, which focuses primarily on her battle with multiple |
| 0:12.1 | sclerosis, was going back into the dark scary place that I was, the depression and the overwhelming |
| 0:19.7 | fatigue and the hopelessness and the feeling that life was over and there was nothing worth |
| 0:24.4 | living for anymore. Today, over 20 years after her diagnosis Anne explains why she is grateful |
| 0:31.7 | for MS and for the faith that carried her through it. Anne Romney is the two-time best-selling |
| 0:38.9 | author of the Romney Family Table and In This Together and Global Ambassador for the Anne Romney |
| 0:45.6 | Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Mrs. Romney also sits on the |
| 0:51.8 | Board of Directors of Charity Vision, which focuses on empowering local physicians in the developing |
| 0:57.7 | world to bring sight to those most in need. In 1998, Mrs. Romney was diagnosed with multiple |
| 1:04.8 | sclerosis. She has volunteered much of her time to raise awareness of the disease. By raising |
| 1:11.2 | the profile of MS as well as raising funds for advocacy and research, she is determined to make |
| 1:17.5 | a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease. The Romney celebrate their 50th |
| 1:23.6 | wedding anniversary this year. They have five sons, five daughters-in-law, and 24 grandchildren. |
| 1:33.0 | This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be |
| 1:39.1 | All-In, the Gospel of Jesus Christ? I'm Morgan Jones and I am so honored to be here with Anne Romney |
| 1:45.7 | today and thank you. Thank you for having me. Well, I have been looking forward to this conversation |
| 1:51.3 | for a few weeks now and I've been reading your book, which I absolutely love in this together. |
| 1:58.1 | And I have found myself thinking a lot about the unexpected. I've talked to several friends. |
| 2:06.9 | You you suffer from multiple sclerosis and that is something that several of my friends |
| 2:12.8 | also battle on a daily basis and I've talked with them about it in preparation for this and just |
| 2:19.4 | said, you know, what what would you like to ask Anne? And I think regardless of what it is people |
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