For eighteen years, Hashimoto’s changed the way I lived, worked, dreamed and saw myself. This is not just a story about an autoimmune disease. It is a story about invisible battles, identity, resilience and finally making peace with the body that carried me through all of it.
Tag: healing
Quiet Steadiness
The fire broke out at 3:30 am in the morning. By the time we understood what was happening, smoke had already begun its quiet takeover—curling into stairwells, slipping beneath doors, rising without urgency but with intent. We live on the seventeenth floor. The fire was on the tenth. It didn’t matter. Smoke does not care…… Continue reading Quiet Steadiness
Outgrowing
I have been decluttering my life for quite some time now — slowly, intentionally, without urgency. What began as clearing physical space gradually turned inward, revealing itself to be far more intimate than I had imagined. In this process of outgrowing my material possessions, I’ve discovered deeper emotional connections and attachments. Decluttering, I’ve learned, is…… Continue reading Outgrowing