Author: Michaela

Once upon a time, isn’t that how all good stories start?  Once upon a time there was a young woman.  She was full of life and although she had not had an easy life, she was happy.  She worked three jobs and loved them all.  Her work with kids was hard but rewarding.               Her other jobs were rewarding, but […]

“I am blessed, and I am still alive” Lightning bolts. Lightning bolts shooting through my legs, my arms, taking my breath away and making me sob. I’m so dehydrated from the meds, from my dysautonomia, that I cry without tears.  These are the nights that I can barely sit still, let alone sleep. These are […]