It's Not Easy Being Green

When we are young we learn very quickly that everyone has a place that they fit in. From being a "nerd" to being "popular" we all have a place. Once we find that place we become comfortable and we start to have our routine. We become comfortable in ourselves. But sometimes life doesn't always go as planed.
Kermit wasn't kidding when he said that it wasn't easy being green. When you become ill people seem to treat you like you are a different person. Everyone seems to think that just because you are sick that you are not the same person anymore. And in a way they are right. You are not the same. To see life through a bigger lens instead of that tunnel vision you had before. You start to realize how close minded you used to be. But just because you changed for the better does not mean that they can understand.
They think that when you are frustrated and mad because it seems like no one can give you a straight up answer that to are giving up. They think they know just the right thing to say and they also want to fix everything. I have something to tell everyone, it's okay to not know just the right thing to say and not everything can be fixed right away. Sometimes a person just needs you to be there to hold them. They need to know that you are going to be there for them no matter how bad it gets.
Being "green" for me has not been easy but I have learned a lot. Life is so much more than we know. The past couple day the sun has been shining so bright and all I wanted to do was just sit in the sun all day and let the light hit my face, but I couldn't because the sun can cause my disease to flare. Sitting in the sun is something I used to take for granted. I will never do that EVER again.  Life is to great. God is to great. We have to live and be who are. I now know that I may be "green" but I have always been "green" maybe not the same shade but close.
Being different is always good. If we were all the same then how would we live!?!? I have learned so much from this disease that I never thought I would learn. I have so many great people in my life that I would like to take a moment to thank for helping me realize that no matter what happens that they will be by my side to help me climb every obstacle.
 So first off thank you to two of the best Moms on the face of this earth, my mommy Suzette Callais and my grandmother Karen Callais. I also want to say thank you to my sisters who always know how to make me laugh,well most of the time. Thank you to the world coolest friend and best boyfriend a girl could ask for Connor Tucker. Thanks to my two biggest "#1" fans Marie Arnone and Linda Adams. Also thanks to the bestest nana a girl could ask for Mari Ann Callais. These are the people who are in my every day life that have helped me get through so of the roughest times in my life. Not only since I've been sick but throughout my whole life. These are the people I know I can count on to be there when I just need someone to tell me that they will always be there for me no matter what happens. They dry my tears when I cry.  They hold my hand when I'm hurting. And most of all they are people that treat me as if there is nothing wrong because they know that I am still the same Callie that I was before.
So thank you to everyone I have just named and the many other people who have prayed for me and my family. Being "green" isn't easy but I wouldn't want to be any other color :)!

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