Edna Stone

I have been plagued with various illness throughout my life. Cystinuria, Histoplasmosis, and even cancer.

I have also had a lot of prolonged life stressors; most recently, managing my dad’s health and his passing, selling our home, and moving first to Texas, then to Oregon.

You know the scene in Grey’s Anatomy where the patient receives bad news? Been there. Done that.

4 months shy of my 35th birthday my oncologist said it was unlikely I’d celebrate it. I’m 46 years old now. I need only look at the roadmap of scars traversing my body to remember I’m on borrowed time.

#HomegrownTerrorist

I attended elementary school four blocks away from my front door so I walked myself to and from school. On the walk home I was regularly taunted by classmates who would chant, “Wetback Go Home!”

I am not from Mexico. I was born in America. My parents and grandparents were also…