Francesca Grossman
Writer, teacher, unicorn wrangler.
Growing Calm
I am really good at growing things. When I was sixteen, I found a small round marble under my right nipple.I am really good at growing things. When I was sixteen, I found a small round marble under my right nipple. When I was twenty-two, I was brave enough to have it removed. When I was twenty-three I found out I had been growing all of this extra inflamed tissue in my stomach, rendering me essentially housebound for a year with Crohns disease. I’ve gotten out since then. When I was twenty-nine, I lost my thyroid to cancer.Francesca Grossman4 min read