This year was a roller-coaster ride full of hopes, fears, triumphs, heartaches, and trials. Problems persisted, trials were resolved, obstacles were overcome, new symptoms appeared, and hope was renewed. My perspective had to adapt as quickly and as often as my body did. It was an unexpected and unprecedentedly exhausting year. I am not naive enough to expect the new year to bring only good things; I just hope that when I wake up to 2022, I have a fresh perspective that will allow me to not only survive whatever the year has in store for me but to thrive also.