10/12/2021
Dear Rad Human,
Over the coming days, weeks, months, and (no doubt) years, this IG account will document the experience of creating and growing Chronic Oasis. There are 3 reasons for this.
1) I believe that if a member of the Chronic Oasis community wants to get to know me, the human who created it, they should be able to.
2) I've been asked more than a time or two to give my two cents on how to treat someone who loves and cares for a chronically ill human in a variety of situations. While this topic will come up in Chronic Oasis in a roundabout way (from the perspective of a caregiver to another caregiver), it won't be found there outright. And while it can be tough and tender to discuss, this topic can also be full of insight and understanding. Indeed, relationships between people who love and care for chronically ill humans and people who don't have that same experience can be extraordinarily fulfilling. And we're talking both platonically and romantically here.
3) If another human chooses to create something that exists to better the human experience — perhaps a social enterprise or a non-profit — and even one teeny-tiny bit of my journey can help them out, well, I'm all for it. There's a whole host of lessons that come along with choosing to create something because you've been both intimately and greatly affected by the fact that it doesn't exist yet.
Well, that's what I've got for today! Thank you for coming on this journey with me. It's going to be a heck of a ride.
