Underneath the Sycamore Tree

by B. Celeste

to deal with everyone making their own conclusions about me when they hear I have an autoimmune disease. Like being told to not get stressed, like I’ll be cured for life then. And don’t get me started on those who think I’m making it up. People rely too much on what they can see because everyone says that seeing is believing. It’s never been that way though. It’s always the other way around.”