It’s Time to Help Out This Inspirational Medium Writer

You know I’m talking about Shannon Ashley, because she’s inspired you too.

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I wanna pop in to urge you to donate to (or share) Shannon Ashley’s GoFundMe, to help her pay for her very-much-needed lipedema surgery. What’s lipedema? Well, if you’re not familiar with it, you might be surprised that an estimated 11% of women have it. Shannon’s GoFundMe explains what lipedema is, how bad hers has gotten, how it’s severely impacting her day-to-day life, and how surgery will make things so, so much better for her.

Shannon’s honesty, empathy, writing talent, parenting style, and work ethic have inspired the fuck out of me (c’mon, you know you can say the same), and she deserves all the good things. But right now, she’s just asking for what should be basic healthcare.

You can find out way more about her sitch by reading Shannon’s recent writing (or just go to the GoFundMe page already).

But I just want to share this little anecdote about a time Shannon helped me. I chose to…