The day the mission became personal.

Life was moving as usual until his vision changed. What began in one eye became the start of a season Luke had not planned for, and the first sign that something serious was underway.

The diagnosis arrived on November 1, 2023. It began with optic neuritis and the loss of vision in his right eye, a first episode that turned an ordinary season of life into something unfamiliar. Writing about that period, Luke shared that doctors and medicine had helped him recover about 70 percent of that vision. That figure describes what he reported at the time he published his account, not a current medical status.

In his account, Luke described months of private fear. He wrote about crying and asking “why me” while working to keep a happy face for the people around him. The distance between what he felt and what he showed became one of the lessons he carried forward: people may be carrying struggles that others simply cannot see.

In his own telling, doctors and medicine supported his recovery of much of the vision he had lost, and choosing to speak openly rather than carry the experience alone changed how he moved through it. This is one person’s experience, not guidance for anyone else’s care.

Rather than keep the experience private, Luke decided to turn the diagnosis into a foundation intended to help others affected by MS. That decision is the origin of the work you see here: an independent effort to bring attention, community, and support to people navigating a condition that is often invisible to everyone else.

The phrase that closes his account is now the spirit of the foundation. It is not a promise about medicine or outcomes. It is a commitment to keep building, keep showing up, and keep making room for the people whose stories have not been heard yet.