Lorna Jean Moorhead
Lorna Jean Moorhead | |
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Occupation | Author |
Genre | Humor, Health advocacy |
Notable works | Phone in the Fridge: Five Years with Multiple Sclerosis, Coffee in the Cereal: The First Year with Multiple Sclerosis |
Lorna Jean Moorhead is a mother, an author, a natural health consultant, a health columnist and a health advocate. She is one of the first writers on the subject of women’s health issues pertaining to Multiple Sclerosis. She has written many articles on the subject of advocating for one’s self as well as using humor to deal with the embarrassing symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.
Biography
Lorna was born in Carmichael, CA to Jean Moorhead Macpherson Duffy. At the age of 23 she was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. In 2000 she founded MS MOMS, “a California non-profit organization for women and mothers with Multiple Sclerosis.”[1]
Lorna is the mother to four children, Stephan Starkey (1995) , Aidan Moorhead (2004) , Abigail Moorhead (2005) and Arthur Moorhead (2007) , and wife to Mark Reed. She is also the author of two books, Coffee in the Cereal: The First Year with Multiple Sclerosis (2003) and Phone in the Fridge: Five Years with Multiple Sclerosis (2006) .
Health Advocacy
Lorna’s motivation for founding MS MOMS and ultimately writing her first book was a lack of support for mothers and fathers with Multiple Sclerosis. She did not receive very much support from The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, at the time, so she took it upon herself to do what she could as a patient to help others like herself who were suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.[2]
One of the most influential articles that Lorna wrote was concerning a subject that few other writers had approached. How to explain the symptoms of chronic illness to children? Lorna uses her humorous writing style to share her emotions, fears, and experiences with others who were suffering like her. [3] ...
References
- ^ "Authors Den". Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Rapaport, Lisa (20 August 2000). "Reaching In, Reaching Out". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento. p. F1.
- ^ Moorhead, Lorna (May 2001). "Explaining Illness to Your Children". And He Will Give You Rest. Sacramento. Rest Ministries, Inc.