Moving to Chi-town

Well moving time is here again, and I am preparing for all the fun that comes with it: transitioning jobs, insurance, mailing address, doctors, packing, unpacking, adjusting, buying a better coat, and generally trying out a new lifestyle. I don’t particularly like Chicago itself, but I like what it has to offer. It’s a mixed [...]

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Chattanooga – Chattaboogie

I love Chattanooga. I love it, I love it, I love it! And I know that I couldn’t wait to move away from this area when I attended Lee, but now that I have been away for a while, I appreciate how unique it is. 
The natural beauty is the first and most obvious thing – [...]

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And you told me that everything’s okay…

Family. A word with so many different meanings for so many different people. For me, it means love and many burdens. 
When you have become an independent individual from your family, especially from your parents, their rituals and manners of communication can seem very foreign. I know this because have I unlearned their language so much [...]

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What’s Up, Doc?

This morning I woke up with a migraine, got an unpleasant voicemail from a family member, and took my million-dollar-Crohn’s-medicine. Well, $700.00 to be exact. But that’s not even all of it – I am supposed to be taking another medicine, humira, which is a shot you give yourself every two weeks. Unfortunately, I can’t [...]

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