You Must Always Get Back Up

Life lessons from Nonna.

Megan Minutillo
5 min readJan 27, 2021

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Photo by Alex Harvey 🤙🏻 on Unsplash

When my Nonna was 93, she had surgery on her cataracts. She had macular degeneration, and her physicians recommended this procedure. Losing her sight was something that tore into her soul — and she never missed an opportunity to tell anyone and everyone how she longed for the eyes of her youth. So, to be presented with a solution to help her sight was nothing short of a…

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Megan Minutillo

Essayist, poet, and theatre producer. I write stories about self-awareness, IVF, and finding your footing in life’s messy moments. Instagram: @meganminutillo.