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What comes to your mind when you think of the word superhero? Is it a caped vigilante or an image of someone you love? The pandemic has put a lot of words into debate. Essential vs. non-essential, “necessities” when grocery shopping for copious amounts of toilet paper; the true definition of 6 feet. Yet, I think we can all agree that the one title we are happy to put aside our differences for is “healthcare hero.” While a mysterious pandemic rages against every country and rightfully throws the entire population into chaos, the true heroes emerge.  A letter to healthcare workers:  Instead of bullet wounds, they have scarred faces from tightly positioned masks and raw skin from constantly washed hands. Strained eyes from being on red alert for 14 hour shift days. Their arms that ache from moving from one coding patient to the next. Being able to say we’re bored at home is a privilege. This is considering the sacrifices these workers are making day in and day out! And while their positions are already stressful enough, I can only imagine how much additional pressure they are being put through. I wanted to use this post to highlight a […]

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This post is in partnership with Piedmont Rising. As always, thank you for supporting GoodTomiCha. Starting 2020 with Vulnerability & New Beginnings I can’t thank you all enough for your prayers and encouraging messages from the past few days. If you’re missing some backstory, you can read my previous post here about my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis at 23.  While I’m no stranger to difficult topics on my blog, this one has taken me some time to share. I’ve gotten a few DMs asking me WHY did I keep my health secret for so long. And I definitely plan to explain. Like I said before, healthcare just seems like something that is so personal! Once you give it up, it feels like it can be used to define you. I toyed with the idea of it was even something I should share at all. I’d constantly ask myself, “Do I need to post every part of my life to be a good blogger?” I’ve been a big supporter of influencers having boundaries with their audiences over the years. But similarly to my story about my birth control journey, I ultimately knew that this testimony could help someone else down the line. […]

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