Let’s travel back in time together for a few minutes. I can scarcely recall a time that I did not have pain. As a little person I had joint pain often and that was always chalked up to growing pains. My mother and I tried so many different things. Eventually when I was 14 that pain became acute and it was in my stomach and my joints. I felt horrible. Crohn’s Disease, an autoimmune disorder of the digestive tract, was the verdict. I still struggle with pain on a weekly basis. But I have managed to develop a lot of tools and strategies that help. I believe pain and lengthy periods…