Hello! I must say I am very excited about this blog. While expressing what I am trying to say on paper may not be easy, I welcome the challenge. When my English teacher first introduced the idea of a blog, I was immediately intrigued. A blog in an English class? It fascinated me. The more I learned the more interested I became.
While it took awhile to decide on a theme, I did choose one. I’m going to write about me. Everyone has battles they have to face, some of us they have to face every day. I have asthma, hyperthyroidism, food allergies, and –just recently- a vitamin D deficiency. But I’m not writing for sympathy or attention. In fact, just the opposite! I plan to explain what these things are and how my life is still normal.
People often feel sympathy when they hear I have asthma, hyperthyroidism, or other things. The most common line I hear is, “I’m so sorry.” If I know the person well, I might give a smart reply such as, “Oh, so it’s your fault!” But most often I just shrug and say that that’s just the way life is.
I’m not upset that it’s a little harder for me to live a “normal” life. This is all I’ve ever known. For me, this is normal! Not that life’s never hard, but aren’t there days it’s hard for you? For example, what if you were just sitting and eating dinner with a fork and someone came up to you and said they were sorry for you? You’d be puzzled, but then they’d explain that they were sorry you had to eat with a fork. It seems silly, but this is how it is for me. This is just how I am and how I live. This is normal.
