37 Years HIV+ and Undetectable — This Is What I Know Now

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37 years.
Of silence, stigma, survival.

I've buried friends.
I've battled stigma and shame.

But here I am.
Breathing. Loving. Fighting for myself and others till the end 🙏🦋❤️

HIV doesn't define me.

But it shaped the warrior I became.

37 years living with HIV.

I've seen the world change. But I've also watched it stay painfully the same.

This is not a sob story.
This is a survivor's love letter to life.

✊🏽 For every warrior who didn't make it.
🌹 For every one of us still standing.

💔 Stigma can be louder than the virus

🕊 Healing is not linear

🧠 Mental health matters

💉 Science saves lives

💪🏽 I am not a statistic

❤️ I am living, thriving, and still loving and fighting

Activism changed my life.
But it also drained me.

I didn't know I was allowed to rest.

Now I know —

Rest is resistance.

Silence is sacred.

Healing is my revolution.

💬 Comment "THRIVE" if you'e with me 🦋