“Thank you, for my life.” I say these words as I touch the ground, each and every day, as I leave the house to go on my early morning hike. I started this ritual many years ago, when times were tough, and I felt anything but thankful for my life. …

“A woman’s hair is her crowning glory,” the doctor said to me with compassion-filled eyes. I was sitting on the cracked vinyl exam table, unable to believe my ears. The specialist I had been sent to, because my hair was falling out at an alarming rate, had just told me …