I was diagnosed with advanced scoliosis, a progressive curvature of my spine, when I was halfway to 16. As I prepared for surgery on my crooked spine a few months later, I thought about the pain, the
“To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage in a life that doesn’t come with guarantees – these are risks that
By Courtney Westlake. The air was so cold that I sharply drew in a breath when I opened the car door. There wasn’t a single person outside of the large building, but it was well
Before I was pregnant with my first daughter, I was lithe and naturally lean, one of those who heard, “Oh, you’re so skinny!” often and more than enough. I “ate like a mouse,” and had
Since receiving the news about Florence’s diagnosis, I have really been given a new set of glasses to view the world. After getting past the heartache, the lack of appetite, the blindness, the agony, I
