Dita Faulkner
is peaceful and content.My name is Dita Faulkner. I am a freelance writer living in Tennessee. My love for writing stretches back to my childhood when I kept diaries. You know, the flower colored ones with the lock and key on it? Even though I decided to go straight into the workforce after school, I always wrote in my spare time.
I am influenced by everything from the classics in literature, poets and writers of the Harlem Renaissance, modern day journalists to the funny papers and idle chatter among friends. I feel that everyone has a worthwhile story; simply because every life is worthwhile and worth living.
I stumbled upon Empowher.com and couldn’t have been more pleased than anything. I automatically wanted to write for this site because I can relate so much to its founder, Michelle Robson. For sixteen years I went from doctor to doctor trying to find out what my problem was. I took scads of useless and unnecessary medicines as well as endured the patronizing dribble of some well meaning (and some not so well meaning) medical professionals.
I remember one doctor asking “Is everything alright with your boyfriend? Do you want a boyfriend? Do you want a baby?” What??? What in my previous dialogue with him brought that on? Anyway, I started to be proactive and to research my own medical condition. Through hard work and persistence, I found out what my own problem was, got in contact with the right doctors, and was given the necessary help.
Although there is no cure for the genetic disorder I have, I feel so much better knowing that no, I’m not crazy, and yes, this is a legitimate disease that others have as well as me. You know what they say, knowledge is power. Then, if so, after learning what my health problem is, I feel the strength of ten men.
