When I was 8 years old, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. How many times have I said this, or written this, or shared this misleadingly simple fact about my life? And yet, while it’s an easy shorthand to explain my Crohn’s journey, my diagnosis wasn’t the beginning of my story. No, my story of… [Read More]
A Woman’s Worth in Healthcare
I’m excited to bring y’all a guest post on a topic near and dear to my heart, gender inequality in healthcare. Caitlin Hoff has shared some disturbing problems regarding women in healthcare. Caitlin works as a Consumer Advocate specializing in areas of drug safety, consumer news, and legal cases surrounding problematic consumer products, drugs, and… [Read More]
When Forgiveness is Abused
Welcome to the eleventh day of the 2019 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Forgiveness. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Compromise. Earlier this month I wrote a post on boundaries. I shared a few personal–but vague–stories of relatives who have violated… [Read More]
What My Marriage Taught Me About Boundaries
Welcome to the seventh day of the 2019 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Boundaries. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for Friday’s topic, Vulnerability. There’s a reason I keep bringing Boundaries back as a prompt for the Love Blog Challenge. It’s a popular… [Read More]
How to Set Boundaries Online // Strategies for Blogging and Social Media
Welcome to the ninth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Boundaries. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Balance. For this topic last year, I explained how I set boundaries as a blogger to protect both myself and the… [Read More]
#MeToo: My Story of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault
I was 12 the first time. I was in the kitchen with two boys from school, both in my grade, although neither in my class. I was getting a drink when I heard them walk in. I turned around and said hello. One of them leaned over and poked my breast, my beautiful, budding, barely… [Read More]