Regina Swartz is living proof that the human spirit is no abstract concept.
More than a year ago, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.
That terrible fact capsized her life, including forcing her to leave her career as a mail carrier.
More than a few people, faced with the same circumstances, would fall into despair. Permanently, perhaps.
Not Swartz. It’s not that the weight of things doesn’t get to her. “It’s been debilitating at moments,” she said.