When you live with MS long enough, everyday moments start to feel like fables in the fog — soft-edged, shifting, carrying messages you can’t always see until later. My mind often drifts into what I call the fog musings of a dreamweaver, where stories help me understand the real-life haze that MS brings: the blurred vision, the tired thoughts, the unpredictable days. These aren’t grand lessons carved in stone. They’re gentle hints carried on the breeze, little reminders that meaning can still shimmer even when clarity doesn’t. And so I write my fables in fog musings to make sense of the mist.
Fables in the Fog — an MS view
Living with MS often feels like moving through a landscape where the familiar becomes uncertain and the ordinary becomes symbolic. That’s why I lean into storytelling: not escapism, but interpretation. When I write fables in the fog, I’m really writing about the way MS reframes things — slowing me down, sharpening what matters, softening what doesn’t. These reflective tales aren’t part of the island of fog series, but they echo the idea of wandering through gently shifting terrain. Every step requires patience, trust, and a willingness to let meaning reveal itself in its own time.
Vacant Space 1
Living with MS has taught me that growing old isn’t just about accumulating years, but about learning to carry your challenges with a little more wisdom and grace.
Fable in the Fog
A fable in the fog mirrors the way MS changes perception. Some days the fog rolls in mentally, making decisions harder; other days it’s physical fatigue that blurs the edges. In those moments, my life becomes its own symbolic tale — unfamiliar paths, cautious steps, and small discoveries.
And yet, just like a good fable, there’s always a guiding thread. Writing these pieces helps me understand the emotional terrain of living with MS, where the moral isn’t always obvious, but the journey is still worth taking.
As I revisit the fables in the fog, I keep discovering new meanings hidden in the fables within the fog that mirror my own shifting MS journey.
Foggy Fables
These foggy fables give me a way to explore ageing, adaptation, and acceptance. When MS slows my pace, it also sharpens my attention to details I once rushed past.
That feels very close to the reflections I’ve shared about growing old, where humour, resilience, and perspective rise from unexpected places. The fog doesn’t erase the world; it reveals it differently. Through these gentle stories, I learn to embrace that shift rather than resist it.
Conclusion
As I continue shaping fables within the fog, I realise they are more than creative pieces — they are tools for making sense of life with MS. These fables in the fog help me sit with the uncertainty instead of fighting it, finding calm in the shifting mist rather than fearing it. If these gentle reflections resonate with you, you might enjoy wandering further into my world of surreal storytelling and lived experience. Start with my pillar post on nonsense verse, where whimsy meets truth in the most unexpected ways.
While exploring symbolic storytelling for my own writing, I often revisit The Greatest Allegorical Books of All Time for a fresh reminder of how powerful a well-crafted metaphor can be.
