Healthy Aging Month

September is Healthy Aging Month, and my husband made a fair point: isn't it a little contradictory to celebrate "healthy aging" when I'm living with a chronic illness that has no cure? All I had for him was the truth. I'm doing my best to keep the parts of me that are still running as healthy as I can, so I get to age well. Or at least, as well as I possibly can with what I've got.

I turn 52 next month. Every year brings a few more grays and a little more creak in my bones when I get out of bed. And yet, here I am, getting to talk about my "IBD Glow", thanks to Johnson & Johnson's IBD Social Circle.

Because who says you can't glow when you're sick? ✨