In 2022 State Senator Maria Elena Durazo will for the second year in a row take the reins on For Grace's September Pain Awareness Month resolution in California. The resolution, which will concurrently acknowledge September 1st as Women In Pain Awareness Day, will be the 20th year in a row that For Grace has championed this effort to spotlight the need for better care and appreciation for those challenged with high-impact chronic pain. Thank you, Senator Durazo!

Check out For Grace's January Story of the Month that details woman in pain Ingrid Brown's heartbreaking tale of medical mistreatment. Four and half years ago, Ingrid was told that she had breast cancer and needed a biopsy ASAP. During that procedure, the radiologist thrust a probe into her chest, breaking her sternum,  ribs and a number of vertebrae. Though Ingrid never really had cancer, the damaging biopsy left her with persistent pain. Now being treated for Medical Trauma, Ingrid is telling her story to help other women avoid this kind of unnecessary suffering.

Check out For Grace's 2023 kick-off Story of the Month as we continue to explore the connection between trauma and chronic pain. Kathleen Sutherland suffered a sexual assault at 16 that led to an eating disorder where she gained 40 lbs. and felt loathing for her body. Kathleen believes this body dissociation was a trauma coping mechanism that seeded her development of fibromyalgia. Recently, Kathleen worked a 12-step program that re-established a healthy relationship with food and her body, and she now understands that she was "not broken and never was."

Team For Grace extends Happy Holiday wishes to women in pain and their caregivers across the globe, a festive season we hope will be filled with good cheer, steady joy and low pain. Though the year has proven once again to be challenging, these are the times where resilience and appreciation become the cornerstones of better days ahead. May it be so...