Life with chronic illness | The parts people don’t see
I’m Rob Nunnery. I’ve won 19 pro pickleball titles and I also live with Crohn’s and a colostomy. Chronic illness shrinks people quietly. Plans change. Energy disappears. Bodies stop cooperating. Most of us carry it alone. This newsletter is a record of what it looks like to keep living anyway.
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Day 12: For Evan
Published about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hi there, Evan Beard passed away last night. He’d been battling cancer for years. In and out of remission. Always fighting. Yet, somehow still always showing up with that easy smile. That kindness. That way of making every single person feel seen. Anyone that's been to Wake Up Coffee on St. Simons Island knew Evan. Or you felt him, even if you didn’t know his name. He was the heartbeat of the business. He made that place what it was. What it still is. Back in 2013, I was living on the island....
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