b'MS Focus ActivitiesBeyond MS Focus, Binns acts as an advisorolder as a new beginning rather than the to other organizations such as the Nationalbeginning of an ending," she said. Aging Initiative on older adults with multipleIn 1986, when MS Focus: the Multiple chronic comorbidities, the Patient-CenteredSclerosis Foundation was established, Binns\'s Outcomes Research Institute, and iConquermother, Bonnie Myers Colton, wrote a poem MS while also evaluating research proposalstitled ThisOld Wood,inspired,inpart,by that are coming in, reviewing proposals, andBinns\'s father\'s profession as a woodworker rankingandgradingthem.Despitelivingandsomethinginagrainoftimbershe with MS for 50 years, Binns sees no careersought to one day paint in watercolors.end in sight for herself. "I have never retired,Her poem reads: and as long as I continue having fun, I don\'tLike this old wood, my life shows stain reckon I will for the foreseeable future. If I could recommend anything to peopleOf creeping aws within the grain. adjusting to getting older, I would tell themBut the Creator looks and sees nottositaroundmarkingacalendar.A thousand possibilities Whether or not you are ready to retire, ndAnd brings forth beauty from disease. your niche and own it, make proper plans, and exercise what you can. It could be in theLike this old wood beneath love\'s hand slightest way, but it does help regain cognitiveI am transformed in ways not planned. and vocational function. The Foundation hasNo matter how awed we may think we plentyofhealthandwellnessprogramsare or think others see us as being, there\'s available. If your schedule does not permit it,always the possibility of being transformed. you can visit our YouTube channel to watchWe\'reoldernow,butnotunchangeable. all classes. The changes I made over the last fewThere\'s always time to create a new narrative decades have improved my health drastically;ifonly yougive yourselfthegrace,"Binns my IQ is better now than it was in my forties,said. and that is only one example. Think of getting RReeaaddMMSSFFooccuussMMaaggaazziinneeDDiiggiittaallllyy!!If you love our magazine but want to help us conserve resourcesor just prefer to read on your devicenow you can. MS Focus Magazine is offering digital subscriptions. The same great magazine you know and love can be sent right to your inbox to read online or on your device.If you would like to transition your subscription to digital, visit: msfocus.us/digital. msfocusmagazine.org 34'