Dear Ali,
You are a GEM! I see so much of myself in you, when I was younger there was no internet, so I remember being in UCLA Medical Center for two years, going home 2 times during that period. I did not see my parents very often as they had a farm to run, my siblings and a 200 mile drive. Books became my best friends and I read everything I could get my hands on, yes, the Doctors finally allowed me access to the medical library...so interesting stuff there!
Enough about me....I just see a glow about you, a caring, concerned and gracious young woman, we should all be such. Your attitude will carry you far, trust me on this on.
As my father use to say: "Riv, we are all a little bit broken, some of it you see, and some of it you don't. With you little bit, it is obvious, but remember, no one is without something." So, not only was he a farmer of the land, he was a farmer of lessons.

Be well Ali and keep shining for us all,
Riv