Author’s Notes
The Story Behind the Scar
The Story Behind the Scar: Why I Wrote My Memoir
A personal look at the scar on my chest, how surviving heart surgery and lupus shaped my life, and the emotional moment that made me realize my story deserved to be told.
A Wedding on the Lake
A Lakeside Pandemic Wedding: How an Intimate Ceremony Became Our Biggest Blessing
In the middle of the pandemic, we married beside a quiet lake in a simple, intimate ceremony. A deeply personal story of love, resilience, and unexpected beauty.
What Lupus Looks Like for Me
Some mornings, I wake up feeling as though I’ve run a marathon in my sleep. Before I even step out of bed, my joints ache, and every movement feels like wading through thick mud. Google might simply label this as “fatigue,” but that word hardly captures the deep exhaustion that settles in your bones, the heaviness, the mental fog that surrounds you.