My physical wounds have healed faster than emotional wounds. There’s a real fear that time will pass, I’ll ‘look better’, and people will forget that
Category: Lupus
Surviving to Eke out Gratitude
Monday was one of the hardest days I’ve had in a while. It started off with nightmares that stayed with me for much of the
Three Birds
Fifteen days total but halfway through I began to lose myself to the constant and extreme pain. My medication cocktail sometimes caused me to see
I got the apartment and move in Saturday! I already have the keys and lease.I’m excited and a bit nervous, mostly excited. I have to
Enduring the Days
The last few days have been torture. I hurt from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. The amputation site is
The Brave Face
I’m not brave. I’m not. I’m not rolling with the punches, I’m just getting punched. As I said, I’ve walked through the fire and I’m
I see “the surgeon” tomorrow, the one who amputated my toes. I wonder what kind of person it takes to look at a foot rotted
I did not expect this painting to ever be chosen, to be taken home. I couldn’t believe when I got the email telling me of
A person can’t live in this world and be innocent. It took me a long time to understand what innocence means. The day it was
The Invisible Life
Masked, vulnerability, strength, endurance, determination, ambiguity, helpless, small, insignificant, rock hard, aggressive, assertive, grief, please see me, invisible, property, youth, old soul, wise soul, lava