EIC Kelly has a new poetry chapbook out with Bottlecap Press! It's a collection about her lupus. If you feel like supporting a chronically ill writer and editor, here's a link to purchase: bottlecap.press/products/asp... Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.

Is the defunding of the nationwide SNAP program a calculated plan to create anarchy? #poverty #SNAP Nine Missed Meals open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Happy Halloween! Special Issue 2: Health Scares is out now! Read the issue here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/special-issu... Our Contributors (1/2) asv.bsky.social riwritesatnight.bsky.social Bella Melardi Carrie Farrar Chris Kads Jade Cox John Masterson Katie Larson ligerlillie.bsky.social

Thank you to @flaremagazine.bsky.social for publishing my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" in their special Halloween issue! flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/jump-scare-m... #chronicillness #disability #halloween

Turn off the TV, stop your scroll, and go outside to enjoy some make-believe goblins instead of the real ones on the news channel. And have a Snickers. You’re not you when you’re hangry. #Halloween #Mentalhealth #SeasonalDepression Happy Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My thoughts on the ongoing American Hostage Situation. #resist Sick and Hungry is No Way to Live open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A fun seasonal rom-com with just a touch of spice! #Halloween #writingcommunity #spookyseason #booksky open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A fun seasonal rom-com with just a touch of spice! #spookyseason #booksky #PSL Swept Off Her Feet open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Today is a good day to lead with love. #NoKings #Resist What If We Just Loved Each Other? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The surgery was the easy part. The real struggle was in the recovery. Never before published details on the nitty gritty side of transplant and recovery. #chronicillness #Disability #transplant What Happened After the Transplant open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation." We Are All Living Lives of Quiet Desperation open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #chronicillness #disability #poverty #addiction

Grateful to share that my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween! A spooky story about my NDE and becoming a temporary ghost. Thank you editor Kelly Esparza! #writingcommunity #chronicillness #disability #spookyseason

Seven years ago today, my life began anew. Thanks to the generosity of an organ donor and her family. #donatelife #hearttransplant #transplant The Day I Got My Heart Transplant open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Welcome to my favorite week of the year! This week is the anniversary of my second heart transplant, and so much more! Come celebrate with me. #chronicillness #disability #hearttransplant #transplant #donatelife Transplant Week Celebration open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Observations on the aftermath of a death in the family. Life goes on, but in a different manner. Nobody Prepares You for the Silence open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My new post, after nearly two weeks away, is an update on my father’s passing and his funeral, and my musings on human connection. Lightning in September open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A visceral question to which everyone remembers the answer. Where were you on September 11, 2001? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My poem is up @villaineralit.bsky.social ! #poetry

Another day, another food recall. This time I got caught when the music stopped. I’ll let you know if I grow an extra ear. #foodsafety #radioactiveshrimp #chronicillness I Ate Radioactive Shrimp! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

WWBD? What would Barbie do about existing as a woman with a chronic illness? #chronicillness #disability Existing as a Woman with a Chronic Illness is Not Allowed open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My experience with a popular food delivery service and food borne illness. #disability #chronicillness The Chicken That Sent Me to the ER open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Every day, I take medication that makes me feel like I’m dying just so I can go on living. #chronicillness #disability How My Heart Transplant Medication is Damaging My Brain open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

American healthcare is about to change dramatically, making it more difficult and more expensive to access the care you need. #disability #chronicillness #Medicaid The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of American Healthcare open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I know CAV will kill me eventually, but not today. I intend to celebrate the joy and beauty in every day I have left. #chronicillness #disability #transplant Heart Transplant Checkup open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My personal perspective on dealing with being a caregiver while struggling with my own health issues. #chronicillness #caregiving #caregiverfatigue Caregiving with a Chronic Illness - I don't have enough spoons for this shit open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

An inside look at my personal experience dealing with living in poverty while disabled and pregnant. Memoir excerpt. Poverty, Pregnancy, and Disability open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #disability #chronicillness #poverty

Ozzy Osbourne passed away today. This is the story of how he saved my life. #mentalhealth #Ozzy You Can't Kill Rock and Roll open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

This is my rebuttal as to why people on Medicaid can’t just go out and get jobs. Based on my personal experience, it’s not that easy. #disability #chronicillness The Realities of Trying to Maintain Employment with a Disability - a Personal Perspective open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

How much do you really know about the medications you take? How safe is it? Are you taking pills or poison? #chronicillness #disability #transplantlife #medicine Pill Rhymes with Kill for a Reason open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Data on how far-reaching disability is and how your odds of becoming disabled increase with age. Please share to spread awareness if you or someone you love has a physical or mental disability. #chronicillness #disability July is Disability Pride Month open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The eternal balancing act of caring for myself while caring for others. #chronicillness #disability #caregiving You Can Come Home Again open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’m excited to announce that three of my poems have been selected to appear in Survival & Beyond: A Survivor Anthology! Gunmetal Gray Silence New Year’s Eve at Walmart It will be available July 16, 2025 as a free e-book or purchase a hardcopy at this link: safepass.org/anthology #booksky

Anger is a Gift: An Anthology of Resistance and Response Poems to the 2024 Elections over 80 poets on the sociopolitical landscape following the 2024 elections #writingcommunity #booksky #resistance My Poem, "Blessed Be the Froot Loops" to be included in Anthology open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My essay, “One Dog, Two Hearts,” is featured in "Publish Her Anthology: Dog Years," essays about the bond between women and their dogs. Proceeds benefit publishing and grants for underrepresented women authors. Click here for the pre-order link: lnkd.in/gRYiGyhC #writingcommunity #booksky

Take action today to save American Healthcare! #disability #chronicillness The Big Ugly Bill Will Kill Us All! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A call to action to protect the most vulnerable among us. #foodinsecurity #disability #protectMedicaid All Politics is Personal open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’m coming up on a full month here in Tennessee, caring for my father in home hospice. Recently, my stepmother came home from the hospital, and I’ve found that the caregiving game has moved to the next level. Hospice Update June 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My essay about Gidget McFidget accompanying me through my heart transplant will be featured in this anthology. Check it out! #writingcommunity #booksky My Essay, "One Dog, Two Hearts" to be Published in Anthology open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Recently, I’ve been walking the final footsteps of this journey with my father, accompanying him on his inevitable last walk. The Long Walk Home open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Every day, I choose to marvel at moments of beauty that appear like sparkling flashes sprinkled over the general decay and disarray of life. Finding Moments of Joy in the Midst of Crisis open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Life is hard, but life is also precious. Find the beauty in every day. #ChronicIllness #Disability Reasons To Go On Living open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/NcpQvEWl

Behind the scenes at a recent medical encounter and how PTSD affected me. #PTSD #ChronicIllness #Disability #HeartTransplant #MedicalTrauma Medical Trauma - A Personal Case Study open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My heart stopped shortly after my thirty-sixth birthday. Never-before published details of my near-death experience. #NearDeathExperience #ChronicIllness #Disability #Survival I Died 21 Years Ago open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

New traumas can compound on old traumas, sometimes creating a tower of baggage we can’t carry alone. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMonth #Trauma #PTSD #C-PTSD The Interplay of Medical Trauma and Pre-existing PTSD open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Excited to have three new poems published by @villaineralit.bsky.social!! 🔪🔪🔪 villaineralit.com/2025/05/13/t...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Be a superhero and reach out to a loved one who is struggling today. We are all fighting a battle we don’t need to fight alone. #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth Do You Need a Team of Superheroes to Battle Mental Illness? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The Force is like Duct Tape. It has a light side, a dark side, and it hold everything together. On this Star Wars Day, may the Force compel you to register as an organ donor. #DonateLife #OrganDonation Life Goes On - Until It Doesn't open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Finding comfort in a legacy of art that will live on after my father is gone. #hospice #artsky My Father the Artist open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...