She's a Psychologist, Banker, Teacher, Entrepreneur; Chef, Housekeeper, Taxi Driver, Cleaner; Events Manager, Doctor, Friend and a billion other things. She's intelligent, funny, courageous, ambitious, driven and incredibly humble. To me she knows everything and nothing can knock her down. In my eyes, my mum truly is one of the most amazing people in the world.

My best friend and I were in the diner, talking. As usual, it was very late and we were eating French fries with gravy. Like normal girls our age, we spent a lot of time in the diner while in college, and most of the time we spent talking about boys, music or trivial things, that seemed very important at the time...

In answer to the question “How do you feel when you suffer from Lupus?”

Imagine what it feels like when each and every breath hurts
There’s a stabbing in your lungs - it brings a sharp reminder that something is wrong
You can’t sleep at night as you track the fierce pain that travels across your chest, up into your shoulders, neck and arms ……

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all around my body
The wolf was stirring like the hottest hot toddy
My hands and my knees were just not playing ball
And I wasn’t looking forward to Christmas at all...

The Christmas tree was decorated, looking quite stunning
But the wolf was on the prowl, oh so very cunning.
I needed to sleep, I felt so tired
The thought of a Lupus Christmas leaving me totally uninspired.