Every year, Mother’s Day reminds us to pause and reflect on the love of a mother. We are brought to a place of remembrance where our hearts and minds call on the profundity of the…

When you grow up medically fragile, mortality is always on the forefront of your mind. When you grow up as one of a handful of minorities and persons with a disability in an extremely homogenous…

“I’m too young for this.” “What does this mean for my future?” “Am I going to age faster than everyone else?” These are questions I asked myself and my doctors over and over again when…

Banan (Haitian Creole for plantain) can be fried to make banan peze (fried plantains), it can be boiled to eat with either fish or eggs, or it can undergo mashing to be made into a…

Tackling challenges to initiating conversations: Part II If you or someone you know in your community has trouble initiating end-of-life conversations, you certainly are not alone! In our earlier blog: Tackling challenges to initiating conversations:…

Like most healthy 24 year olds, I rarely want to think about my own eventual death. Yes, I’ve had moments when my own end-of life wishes occurred to me — when I’ve heard stories on…