Editor's note: I originally wrote this story in Fall 2018 while writing for the student newspaper at Lamar University. The story ended up not making it to print, as sometimes happens to every journalist's favorite stories, so I am posting it here instead. Hanan Hamvan has worked at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont for … Continue reading Palestinian oncology nurse at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth weathers many Southeast Texas storms
Photo Credit: Megan McKinzey Photography We want to help one of our friends reach stability three years after he left an abusive ex-partner with a newborn. In the next month, he needs to relocate to gain better access health care and manage several chronic conditions that often go along with hypermobile Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, which causes … Continue reading Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access
Content note: Discussion of eating disorders One year ago, I’d just started a new job, and the first paycheck wouldn’t come for a whole month. I experienced food insecurity and unstable housing both in college and afterwards. The fear of not making it was so loud in my mind, and a little thought said: “Just … Continue reading Still learning to love myself: Through eating disorder recovery
So it finally happened.At the start of the pandemic, I knew there was the possibility that we would lose friends and family to COVID-19. That was the hardest part of reality to deal with as lockdowns and stay-at-home orders were issued worldwide.There was the sinking feeling that not all of us are going to come … Continue reading My uncle died from COVID-19
To all my Colorado friends: Last night I terrified some of my Southeast Texans buddies by telling them about #mountainlife. I told them how Red Mountain Pass has 1,000 foot drops and no guardrails because the county said guardrails would interfere with the snowplows. And how our next-door neighbor in Ouray, a volunteer firefighter, told … Continue reading What my childhood was like in remote Southwestern Colorado (I guess my life is kinda wild + crazy?)
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