Cake, Punch, and Encephalitis

We’ve turned childhood diseases into nostalgia and vaccines into controversy. As a healthcare provider, I’ve seen what these illnesses actually do—and it’s nothing worth celebrating.

Drawing the Line in the Wasteland

At some point, you stop adjusting your boundaries to survive other people—and start adjusting to their absence instead. A reflection on grief, people-pleasing, and finally learning where to draw the line.