Athens experienced a period of euphoria surrounding the 2004 Olympics, which quickly gave way to economic struggle and social unrest....

...that’s when I turned around, and saw something I’ve never seen, in all my 15 years in Europe.

Date: November 4, 2017 Location: Pagrati, Athens Pain Level: 4 (yesssss!) “Mellissa mou, you look beautiful today” Ada surprised me with...

30 Years A Quadriplegic

Date: October 2017 Location: Athens, Greece Subject: Traveling through chaos, masking the pain It's lovely to be back in Athens. The only...

Date: October 28, 2017 Location: Athens, Greece Subject: Local observations Hot water and heat are luxury and most of this country is...

Date: October 30, 2017 Location: Athens, Greece Subject: Nostalgia, Berlin vibes Ada and I, supporting one another in battle, are up...

Location: Athens, Greece Subject: Theory on love, difference between agapi and erotas ….Erotas e tipota The graffiti in this photo says,...

Date: November 3, 2017 Subject: Inching closer to diagnosis in a historic hospital Pain Level: 7 I don’t want to talk about me today....

Date: November 4, 2017 Subject: Ada’s father Cognitive Fog Level: 7 My courageous Ada. I watched her eyes swell with tears. Fibromyalgia...

Later... Subject: Dodging Neo Natzis Pain Level: 5 Why must humans go to extremes? More evil taxi driver experience today. This time a...

Ada was turned away from her scheduled MRI. We have to travel an hour and a half away to another hospital for a stamp on one of her...

Date: November 29, 2017 Subject: Spontaneous adventure, regional tensions, and contemplation Not enough sleep, helicopters circling over...