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RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
Winter 2003
I still am
despite this
with
this
fighting this
under
this
molded
burned
touched
taught
humbled by this
uninvited
illness
engraved upon my life
not yet named
not yet understood
I
still
am
here
loving
laughing
feeling
thinking
creating
dreaming
enduring
I
still am
a soul born into an
awesome, mysterious
wonderful and
sometimes
cruel and unjust world
Despite this
with this
under
this
fighting this
humbled by this
I still am
and I will
not
give up
—Kerry
Ryan-Kuhn, Idaho
“Before CFIDS, I worked as a teacher, but since becoming ill I have not
been able to work outside my home. My symptoms are severe and incredibly
unpredictable in timing. I have turned to art — at home and at my own pace — and
am now in the midst of building a small business selling my mosaic art work. I
have the time and patience that it takes to create mosaics with little pieces of
old dishes and tile.”
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