Thought for the day

I am cancer.
I am heart attack.
I am diabetes.
I am prosthetic leg.

You'd never say anything like that.

So why would I say, "I am bipolar."
It is part of me, but it does not define me. It is not who I am.

I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a writer, an artisan, a friend, a dog person, a poet, a movie buff, a voracious reader, a music lover, and on occasion, a witty observer.

And I happen to have bipolar disorder.