Inspiration & Thank You
This past weekend I was lucky enough to go to a JA Family* day in Denver, Colorado. I got to speak on the panel that was there. My speech that I gave was not planned and was purely from the heart. I did not expect to even be on the panel, either. But, the point of this post is, I was inspired by so many of the people who listened and even came up to me afterwards. Each and every single one of you brought me so much joy in the fact that I knew the words that I was saying were hitting home. I'm aware some of the things I said hurt by being so familiar. I know when I voiced the fact that I did not want to acknowledge that I have arthritis for a very long time. Even today, as I type away in my bed, I don't want to write the word "disease" because it makes me cringe. I do not want to be described as a diagnosis. I shared these thoughts with the parents of kids with some form of JA. So many of you made me feel that I was exactly where I was suppose to be. I can'