You Are Tougher Than You Think

To my biggest supporters, Thank you for everything you’ve done for me. I don’t think even this will show you how much I owe you guys. I wouldn’t have made it this far without you. I would have given up a long time ago. Thank you for you supporting me, holding my hand, and being my voice when I was too young or sick to speak up for myself. Mom- I know I get on your nerves and I seem unthankful for everything you’ve done for me. That is the furthest from the truth. I know the sacrifices you have made for me. Like that one time my cat got run over by a car and you had to stay back home to take care of him while dad and I went to Boston for a surgery. We joke about this now but I know you barely slept for those days. I’m sorry for worrying you, I promise I’ll always be okay. Thank you for being my rock and my backbone. Dad- while I could be sarcastic and thank you for the UC gene, I won’t. As twisted as it is, I’m kind of grateful you passed it on. Not for the sick part or any...

As the title suggests, here is my Thanksgiving “what I’m thankful for” post. Thanksgiving has always been very special to me. Whoever knows me knows that my grandpa was is my hero. He was the first one of the family to be diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis so him, my dad, and I always had something significant in common. No matter how horrible it was we always knew there was someone around to understand how bad we felt. Thanksgiving was always his favorite holiday. He loved having the whole family together around one table. He never failed to make the family cry with his speech before dinner. Today I feel closer to him than I have in a while. Not only because his favorite holiday is right around the corner but because yesterday morning I woke up feeling terrible. Later I realized why, I had a minor blockage in my digestive system. This is pretty normal for me and is usually pretty tolerable. Although its tolerable, its insanely uncomfortable. It made me think of the times I would ...