“In ten years, I have spent hundreds of days in the hospital, been diagnosed with a handful of chronic conditions, and had an entire realignment of my identity. Surgeries and life-saving interventions have turned my body into something I hardly recognize...but hope has always been an important aspect of my survival.” - Erin Robertson, 25. Hope. And- I also noted- a healthy dose of feistiness. As Erin and her mom settled in to chat with me at Captain Buzzy's Beanery back in A