May is Fibromyalgia Month

Louisville native Mesha Eichelberger Randall, a graduate of Louisville High School and alumna of Pearl River Community College and The University of Southern Mississippi, has been approved to move forward with the publication of her faith-centered book through Cypress & Pine Publishing. Written during her journey with fibromyalgia, the book reflects themes of perseverance, spiritual resilience, and generational legacy—values rooted in her Louisville upbringing and the enduring example of her grandmother, Betsy Ann Hughes Eichelberger. In addition to sharing a testimony of faith, the work brings awareness to the often unseen challenges of chronic illness while highlighting hope and purpose beyond diagnosis. As she completes the final publishing proposal phase, Randall would be honored to receive support from The Winston County Journal as a meaningful investment in uplifting a hometown voice and advancing awareness through story.

Mesha is a registered nurse and an emerging author bringing awareness to fibromyalgia during Fibromyalgia Awareness Month this May. Fibromyalgia best defined, is a condition that causes chronic, widespread pain and fatigue throughout the body.  Many people with the ondition feel pain in specific areas of the body. After developing fibromyalgia herself, Mesha began a personal journey to better understand this often misunderstood condition from both a medical and lived-experience perspective. As a nurse who became the patient, she offers a unique and deeply relatable voice.

Recently featured on WLSM 107.1, Mesha has begun sharing her message across platforms to increase awareness and education around fibromyalgia. She connects the history of Fibromyalgia Awareness Month to Florence Nightingale, while discussing symptoms, daily impact, and emerging insights into this complex condition.

Mesha also serves on the Programs & Education Committee of the Betsy Ann Hughes Eichelberger Foundation, in honor of her grandmother, reflecting her committment to community outreach and health education. With strong family ties to Mississippi State University and the surrounding community, she is passionate about giving back through education and awareness. 

Through her work and upcoming book, The Unlocked Gift, Mesha also shares a powerful perspective she calls “from scrubs to skills”—the realization that we are more than the roles we wear, and that even through life’s most difficult challenges, we are developing strengths, resilience, and purpose. Kealy Shields, anchor/producer, for WCBI News on Fox4 will host Mesha on Thursday, May 7, 2026, 9 a.m. on  WCBI Sunrise. She will also be present at the Red Hills Festival in Louisville, MS on May 9 for continued community outreach and education. 

Mesha is the daughter of Barbarba Eichelberger Coleman and granddaughter of William James and Betsy Ann Hughes Eichelberger. She is the spouse of Lorenzo Randall and mother of Tiffany Randall.