Hi, my name is Tyler, It’s interesting how hard it is sometimes to tell people I have Cystic Fibrosis. I don’t hide the fact that I have CF and I like telling people about it when they have questions, but for some reason if people don’t know I have it I don’t like talking about it. I don’t like feeling that people view me differently, I like feeling the same as everyone. However, the truth is that I am different. I have more things I need to do to try and maintain my health and that’s ok. It’s ok to feel self conscious and to feel insecure sometimes. We all go through ups and downs and it is never weakness to recognize that we aren’t perfect. With each passing year, the more I realize that everybody has something they are dealing with, some things you can see and others you can’t. We are all imperfect people and we sometimes forget that. It’s ok to go through tough times, it’s ok to feel sad, the most important thing is to remember that you are loved and can get through it. I hope we can all be more caring and understanding of each others individual hardships. We are all in this together!