Life can change at any moment for which we have little control over. In the essay “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs, she expresses her thoughts on having Multiple Sclerosis and how it significantly changed her life. She provides the reader with various sad and personal stories which would make one’s life miserable. However, when addressing her condition and its effect on her life, she keeps a calm and positive tone. One cannot control what happens in life, but it is possible to control one’s attitude towards it. Many people experience tragedy, which is impossible to control. It's how one changes their way of life, as a result of a tragedy, which is controllable. Mairs remembers two people who acted as her ‘role models’ for dealing with
