Sometimes I just want to tell people “walk in my shoes”.
Not because they're judging me.
Not because I want you to feel my pain- I don’t ever want people to feel my pain.
I want you to know that I try everyday.
That I struggle just to get out of my bed, get ready in the mornings, and walk to school.
I want you to know that I push through the lupus’s pain, even it’s unbearable.
I walk. I smile. I laugh.
I hide my pain and fears.
Because I don’t want you to worry about me even more.

I want you to know that I put my whole heart in everything I do
To you, it might seem like a simple task, but to me It’s another hill that I will have to climb over.
But it’s okay there is no hill or mountain that I won’t reach.
I know that I can do this, even if the lupus is grabbing me!!

So have just faith in me and let me do this.
If I fall, I know that you’re there to catch me.
I just want you to know that you can count on me, even with my untrustworthy illness.
You can trust me.

My whole goal in life is to be the light in the darkness.
I want to be the person that can make your day better
because I made you smile or laugh or possibly both!
So for me live my goal, give me a chance.