During an extraordinarily challenging time for our founder due to loss and grief, For Grace has been blessed to collaborate with fellow advocacy organizations in an admirable display of pain community unity. While we seek compelling stories for our Share Your Story Project that highlight the interconnection between chronic pain and social isolation, the American Chronic Pain Association and US Pain Foundation have reached out to encourage membership to submit stories. We send thanks to US Pain and ACPA for stepping up while the chips are down!

For Grace is focusing on the overwhelming impact social isolation has on women in pain's wellness, and recently we teamed with a leading pain advocacy organization to get the word out via our Women In Pain Nation campaign. Recently Cynthia Toussaint sat down for a "Hot Take" interview with US Pain Foundation Assistant Director of Mental Health & Support Sara Gehrig to parse out the pitfalls of social isolation - and how one can stay connected and thriving when the walls creep in. Thank you, US Pain, for your additional outreach with this interview.

23 is a big number, and it's one that For Grace is proud to be holding high and mighty as we celebrate another year of doing the good work for the women in pain community. After countless media pieces, legislative successes, public speaking engagements, think tanks, educational conferences, etc., our mission has remained clear, year in and year out - to better the lives of women in pain, forward awareness of gender bias in pain care and impress upon policy and decision makers that chronic pain is a major public health problem. We continue to do the work with passion and persistence in our hearts - and we thank all who have and continue to guide and assist us along the way. You know who you are! Here's to the Dream of Never Again...

Check out this very special April Story of the Month as we look at the exceptional role caregivers play, even young ones, in keeping a woman in pain healthy and well. It's clear that Ariyuanna Montgomery loves her mother very much - and that this 14-year-old would do anything to help her navigate the day-to-day challenges of advancing scleroderma. Among many things, Ariyuanna enjoys traveling to conferences across the US with her mother, Demeshia, who's a patient advocate - and she hopes one day she herself can inspire other "kids who care."