“You’re Going to Figure It Out Like You Always Do”: Parenting Through Chronic Illness

I want to believe I’ll be okay—I have to. More honesty. . . my health (& my body) weighs heavily—pun intended—on my emotional well-being. When I talk about depressive episodes, my deepest clouds, I’m talking about days where I woke up with a chronic illness flare-up. These morning begin with self-doubt questions: Did my body read more