Embracing the New Version of Me

Sometimes life doesn't give you the option of going back to who you were. Instead, it invites you to discover who you're becoming.

Embracing the New Version of Me is a deeply personal and empowering journey through change, disability, self-discovery, faith, confidence, relationships, and learning to love yourself in a completely new way.

After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Letitia D. Robertson watched everyday life begin to change. Walking became more difficult. Muscle weakness, overwhelming fatigue, vision problems, and uncertainty challenged not only her body but also her confidence, independence, and sense of identity.

For a while, she grieved the woman she used to be—the woman who could move without thinking twice about stairs, long walks, fatigue, or accessibility. Eventually, she realized that honoring her former self didn't require rejecting the woman she had become. The old version deserved to be honored, but the new version deserved to be embraced. 

This book follows that transformation.

Letitia candidly shares what it means to use a cane, rollator, or electric wheelchair and still feel beautiful, confident, fashionable, independent, and powerful. Instead of viewing mobility aids solely as symbols of limitation, she begins seeing them as tools that give her greater freedom to participate in life on her own terms.

She also explores something deeper than physical adaptation: learning to choose herself.

Through relationships, dating, emotional healing, self-reflection, boundaries, and self-love, she begins questioning the need for outside approval. She learns to protect her peace, become intentional about who receives her time and energy, and understand that choosing herself isn't selfish—it's an act of self-respect.

Embracing the New Version of Me is also a story of faith and renewed purpose. Rather than viewing her MS diagnosis as the end of the life she envisioned, Letitia begins seeing it as a different path—one that requires courage, adaptation, grace, and faith.

Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to focus not only on what has been lost, but on what is still possible. Letitia discovers that she can still create, love, grow, inspire, make memories, pursue meaningful relationships, experience joy, and build a fulfilling life.

This book is for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror after a life-changing diagnosis, disability, heartbreak, loss, or major transition and wondered:

“Who am I now?”

Embracing the New Version of Me offers a powerful answer:

You don't have to become the old you again to have a beautiful life. You can honor who you were, embrace who you are, and become excited about who you're still becoming.

Changed. Adapted. Wiser. Stronger. Still beautiful. Still worthy. Still you.