New Perspectives for 2016

I sat alone in chapel that day. This was not an unusual occurrence. I had often found myself sitting alone in chapel, in the cafeteria, chilling in my dorm room. I wasn’t necessarily a loner… but I was definitely never one to run with the crowd. I always felt rejected. Unimportant. I didn’t have fancy clothes. I didn’t look…

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REFLECTING ON AWARENESS WEEK: My Heart is Full

So we have concluded IBD Awareness Week 2015. First “business” – Danielle Blocker won the #IBDninja Prize Pack. CONGRATULATIONS DANIELLE! I’m hoping to send that out today or tomorrow, but will definitely let you know. Next… There are hardly words to describe how I’m feeling at the moment. All I can really say with any certainty is that my…

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Be #IBDaware

Tuesday, December 1st, begins Inflammatory Bowel Disease Awareness Week. Nearly 5 million people worldwide have Crohn’s Disease, ulcerative colitis or Indeterminate Colitis. Many of those people are in the hospital. Some of them are waiting for surgery. Others are recovering from surgery. Many of them are fighting with their insurance companies to get their medicines that cost thousands of dollars…

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5 Reasons I’m Thankful for My Disease

As anyone living with a chronic illness knows, life is no easy feat. Life is not ideal. Life is hard. Life is painful. Even menial tasks become extremely taxing. Going about our lives attempting to be normal is, more often than not, excruciating. I could go on and on boring you with details of how miserable life with an…

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