Aging with Family, Community, and HIV

Post created 2 years 7 months ago by KatieAdsila

Katie Willingham, leaning on a tree, smiling.

I've been living with HIV for (going on) 22 years now. I almost can't believe it, seems like a lifetime ago. I was just 27 when I was lying in a hospital bed dying; my children were just babies. When I was told that I had AIDS I didn't think I would see their next birthday and now my grandson is around the same age his mother was when I was diagnosed -- and I'm enjoying watching him grow.

Amazing how things can change.

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