“You would think I would have this figured out by now. Figured out how to be me — a wife, a mom, a writer who only became a writer because I had to retire from my teaching career because of my invisible disability. But I haven’t figured it out. There is no manual, no cheat sheet, no YouTube video to watch to give me the summary I need, the way my son watches a YouTube video to review the section of The Odyssey he read for his English class.
“I’m making it up as I go along. Engaged in a fight, trying to rebel against this body of mine that is different now. Will always be different.”

The lines above are just a snippet from my recently published essay, When Your Body Rebels With Chronic Illness. You can click here to read the essay in its entirety. (Note: this piece was originally written a couple of years ago. I must point out that my son is now 16 years old.)