Hello, dear friends. It's been a while. I have spent the past couple of months enthralled in all that life has to offer when it is not consumed by illness. I have spent tons of time laughing with friends, going on adventures with other college students, visiting graduate schools, and working on a lot of projects that are important to me. I have loved the opportunity to just be a college student and to shed some of the demands of a sick body.           My wake-up call of this spring semester, which reminded me that my body is actually sick and pretending that it is completely normal ..read more