Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to start with this simple truth: your story matters. Every symptom, every struggle, every victory — even the quiet, unseen ones — is important.   For so many of us living with chronic illness or disability, much of our lives happen behind closed doors. We’re expected to smile through pain, justify our symptoms, and prove what our bodies feel. Projecting “fine” when we’re anything but can feel exhausting, isolating, and often...

Waiting for the meds to kick in is a daily ritual for many of us, and it’s often worse than the symptoms that follow. The anticipation, the uncertainty, and the helplessness combine into a kind of nightmare all their own.

I put a fun twist on the phrase, “Not my circus, not my monkeys,” because sometimes life’s chaos isn’t yours to fix. Only now, it’s pumpkin season, and your patch has boundaries. It will be my go-to vibe for this pumpkin spice season.