Monroe, Connecticut: Listy O’Connor has released His Grace is Enough: A Christian’s Journey with Multiple Sclerosis, a personal memoir reflecting on chronic illness, faith, disability, and the daily realities of living with multiple sclerosis.
A Personal Account of Life with Multiple Sclerosis
The book draws from O’Connor’s long experience with MS and offers an honest account of how the illness has affected her body, emotions, relationships, mobility, and spiritual life. Rather than presenting illness in simple or sentimental terms, O’Connor writes about fatigue, pain, disorientation, brain fog, wheelchair use, misdiagnosis, depression, infertility, and the challenge of being misunderstood by others.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic condition that affects the central nervous system, and its symptoms can vary widely from one person to the next. That unpredictability shapes much of what O’Connor describes. She writes about good days and difficult ones, and about the quiet adjustments that living with a long-term illness asks of a person over decades.
A Faith-Based Message for Difficult Seasons
At the center of the book is a faith-based message for readers facing long-term illness or personal hardship. O’Connor writes from a Christian perspective, addressing difficult questions many believers face when healing does not come in the way they hoped. Her story speaks to readers who may feel isolated, ashamed, or spiritually discouraged because of chronic illness.
Her memoir also explores how O’Connor has found strength through faith, family, church support, humor, and service. The book does not minimize suffering, but it does point to the possibility of purpose and dignity even in painful seasons.
“My hope is that readers who are suffering will know they are not forgotten, not less loved, and not alone,” O’Connor says. “There are days when illness feels overwhelming, but God’s grace continues to meet me there.”
Who the Memoir Speaks To
The book may resonate with Christian readers, people living with MS, caregivers, and anyone seeking a personal account of perseverance through illness. O’Connor’s writing combines candor and reflection as she shares how her faith has helped her continue forward through physical limitations and emotional strain.
The memoir also reflects on the role of community in long-term illness, from family and friends to the support of a church congregation. O’Connor returns often to the small routines that give her days structure and meaning, and to the people who have stayed alongside her through misdiagnosis, treatment, and change.
His Grace is Enough: A Christian’s Journey with Multiple Sclerosis is now available for readers interested in Christian memoir, chronic illness narratives, disability awareness, and stories of faith through adversity.
About the Author
Listy O’Connor has lived with multiple sclerosis for more than forty years. Her life and writing are shaped by her Christian faith, her husband’s support, her church community, and her desire to encourage others facing chronic illness. In addition to writing, she enjoys volunteering, building LEGO sets, completing jigsaw puzzles, caring for her cats, and connecting with others living with MS.
