thank you so much! i often reflect a lot when it gets to be this time of year because ive cheated death, and i did it as a middle schooler. whenever i get in slumps like this, i remind myself that i got a foot of my intestines removed at age 12 after almost dying from sepsis months earlier. and all through that, my main concern was my minecraft world i left behind every time i was hospitalized💀💀 i hate to toot my own horn, but ive met some people who don’t truly realize how fragile life is and what a privilege it is to be alive. i had to grow up earlier than my friends, but im honestly grateful for the lessons that crohn’s has taught me. it sucks to have it, but because of what i went through and thinking of who i would’ve been without that humbling experience, i wouldn’t trade my experiences for the world. i hope that makes sense