Defining Bravery as a Teenager and Parent

Differentiating between bravery and logic — 30 years ago, and today

Photo by Joyce McCown on Unsplash

As a teenager, hospitalized with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, paralyzed from the neck down, I waited for the myelin sheaths around my nerves to regrow. I spent four months in the hospital, and a lot of time explaining to people, I wasn’t brave. I had no choice. Sure, instead of going…