‘After a diagnosis of MS when I was 28, I moved from despair to learning the power of hope and joy’

While waiting for her own healing, Jennifer O’Brien prayed for people randomly and often; at work, in coffee shops, anywhere. 

My journey began in law school when I noticed unusual sensations in my legs. Although certain it couldn’t be anything much, I visited my GP which eventually led to a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis at age 28. To say I was shocked is an understatement. For anyone this would be traumatic but, in my case, it was a double blow. Just a few years before I had been forced to give up my hopes of a classical violinist career due to a hand injury. Now I was expecting to begin a new life in law except the sledgehammer of MS had struck.