Believing that everything happens for a reason is something I feel pretty strongly about. In some ways, I always felt this way but as the years of suffering following my ulcerative colitis diagnosis continued without any end in sight, I started to wonder. I began wondering how that belief system could even pan out with […]
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Confirmed: Keeping Things Inside Is Bad For My Health
When I first started blogging, I couldn’t think of a better name to describe my journey with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than “keeping things inside is bad for my health.” And while my advocacy has turned away from that title and into JournalingIBD.org, I am reminded so often why I chose the original name of […]
Needing People
Yesterday was my grandfather’s funeral. It was an extremely emotional day for my family and me but it was also a good one because we know it was exactly what my grandfather would have wanted. We had a small graveside ceremony with just his close family and friends. Of course, there were many who couldn’t […]