My life was never expected to be perfect because perfection does not exist. What was expected of me was for me to graduate high school making A or Bs, and go to college on a swimming or basketball scholarships. What I did not expect was to spending time during my high school years living in a bubble, accused of being crazy and at times being unable to walk. But these things were part of the journey that life had laid before me. When I was in the 8th grade I went on a church trip. I sang the gospel of Jesus and witnessed to complete strangers on the beach. I came back with a souvenir - blisters on my ankles. That summer, I spent multiple hours in and out of dermatologists’ offices trying to find the source of what exactly these little blisters that traveled up my body and turned into quarter inch deep ulcers the size of quarters were. They covered me head to toe including my scalp and breast. The blisters were quickly followed by fevers spiking up to 105 degrees for days. Blood … [Read more...]
