An Open Letter to the Doctor Who Did Not Understand Dear Doctor X: I am going to assume that you remember who I am, but just in case, allow me to refresh your memory a little. I am that girl you saw a few weeks ago: the one who didn't make any sense. I am that homeschooler who's graduating a year early. I...

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Today, I want to talk about books. I am a reader, and one aspect of finding joy in books (at least for me!) is rereading the ones that I love. Some of my "non-reader" friends simply do not understand why I would want to read the same thing more than once, and I don't understand why they wouldn't. I've spent a fair amount...

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There are those moments where everything you've been fighting for  Finally hits home... In order to truly grasp the crux of this blog post, there are two things you need to know. First off, you need to know that in 2013, I raised $1,000 to fund the building of a well (as in, a thing containing water) in Asia. It was an incredible...

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I've said it before, but I have to say it again- the words that are the hardest to write are often the ones that most needed to be written. Last Thursday, I wrote about the fact that living with an invisible illness is like being a superhero.  It was a difficult post to write, and I sat there working off and on for...

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My body is verifiably insane... It perceives normal, everyday circumstances as a life-or-death situation and responds accordingly. It creates problems for itself that mystify even the most skilled of doctors. It's been a while since I wrote about being sick. It's not really that I've been avoiding the topic. It's just that I've been... trying to move on. You see, I want a...

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I feel like I've been very quiet...  For the past week or two, the words have just not been coming easily. I sit down to write something, and end up staring at an empty screen hoping that something good will come to me. On days like this where I cannot seem to find any words to say, I am left with a dilemma-...

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