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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The Sunset and the Silver
Published 9 months ago • 2 min read
Hey friend, There’s a young monk named Shen who sees the sunset and feels sadness. He thinks only of the darkness coming next. I get it. Miss a drop. Lose a match. Doubt creeps in. Suddenly you’re not just having a bad moment, you are the bad moment. You are the guy who always messes this up. Who never figures it out. Who always loses the tight match. But Shen’s master asks a simple question: What comes after the darkness? Dawn. The story hits because it’s not just about failure. It’s about...
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