About The Author -

Traci Musick-Shaffer is a contributing writer for InflammatoryBowelDisease.net and has been a high school English teacher for over twenty-eight years. When not teaching, she advocates for others living with IBD and speaks about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). She lives in the foothills of Appalachia and loves to write on topics she contemplates from her front porch or hiking around Shaffer farms. She received a BA from Marshall University in Huntington, WV, and a MA in English and Creative Writing from SNHU. Also, she has been published in numerous literary journals and in a book entitled Just Another Minute. With a new border collie, Molly, by her side, she prefers her log cabin country living and spending time with her husband, David. Follow her work @ www.musicknotes.com.