231 // A Moment to Breathe

Today I am grateful for:

1. My workplace. I’m grateful for all the support, freedom, respect, and space they have given me through not just his crisis but through all my ideas and mistakes too. My job may be small, but I feel valued and I think that is rare in this world anymore.
2. My voracious curiosity. I’m proud of myself not just for all the hard work I’ve put in, but for all I have learned and sought to learn in a job many would consider mundane or pointless. I’m proud of the way I can pull information for unusual sources or unrelated fields and shape them to my own ends and passions.
3. My Facebook support groups. Ulcerative colitis is a hard disease to cope with and when you have a particularly severe and stubborn case, you can feel lost and lonely. I’m grateful for the thousands around the world suffering with me, available to listen and offer advice and support from any time zone whenever you need.