Dawn Levitt, Author
@2heartcore4u.bsky.social
Writer, poet, 2-time heart transplant recipient.
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From My Heart to Yours
What it really means
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I’m a poet, writer, survivor, stepmom, and dog-mom, living and thriving in my third life. When I say my third life, I mean it. I'm a two-time heart transplant recipient, and I'm living with my third heart.
#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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My thoughts on why the murder of a woman in broad daylight is just another rung on the ladder of violence against women.
White (hot) Female Rage
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White (hot) Female Rage
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White (hot) Female Rage
Around 1 in 3 women have reported being the victim of physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the CDC.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My thoughts on why the murder of a woman in broad daylight is just another rung on the ladder of violence against women.
White (hot) Female Rage
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White (hot) Female Rage
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"I was losing my life in slow motion—& no 1 could tell me why. I was taken by ambulance over & over. Scan after scan showed “nothing.” My #parents were drowning in #medical bills & I was still slipping further into the unknown.": buff.ly/JLJC63Q
via LymeAlliance
#undiagnosed #LymeDisease #spoonie
via LymeAlliance
#undiagnosed #LymeDisease #spoonie
My Nursing Journey: From Misdiagnosed Teen to Practitioner, Reformer, and Founder of a Whole-Body Healing Platform
A nurse practitioner's journey from misdiagnosed teen to healthcare reformer, blending clinical expertise with holistic healing to address chronic illnesses.
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January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"I was losing my life in slow motion—& no 1 could tell me why. I was taken by ambulance over & over. Scan after scan showed “nothing.” My #parents were drowning in #medical bills & I was still slipping further into the unknown.": buff.ly/JLJC63Q
via LymeAlliance
#undiagnosed #LymeDisease #spoonie
via LymeAlliance
#undiagnosed #LymeDisease #spoonie
A look behind the curtain of the long and winding road to my second heart transplant and the unexpected source of help and inspiration.
#chronicillness
#disability
#transplant
The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant
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#chronicillness
#disability
#transplant
The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant
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The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant
It takes a village to save a life
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January 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
A look behind the curtain of the long and winding road to my second heart transplant and the unexpected source of help and inspiration.
#chronicillness
#disability
#transplant
The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant
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#chronicillness
#disability
#transplant
The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant
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Bags under the eyes - A Poem
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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Bags under the eyes - A Poem
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Today is the 20-year anniversary of my Heart Transplant.
Reflections on survival and fighting every step of the way.
#chronicillness
#disability
#survival
Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years
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Reflections on survival and fighting every step of the way.
#chronicillness
#disability
#survival
Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years
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Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years
How am I still alive?
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January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Today is the 20-year anniversary of my Heart Transplant.
Reflections on survival and fighting every step of the way.
#chronicillness
#disability
#survival
Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years
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Reflections on survival and fighting every step of the way.
#chronicillness
#disability
#survival
Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years
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I’ve been lucky enough to share my life with many wonderful dogs over the years. Today, I’m sharing them with you, all dressed up in their holiday attire.
#Dogsky
Dogs of Christmas
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#Dogsky
Dogs of Christmas
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Dogs of Christmas
Fleas Navidad!
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December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’ve been lucky enough to share my life with many wonderful dogs over the years. Today, I’m sharing them with you, all dressed up in their holiday attire.
#Dogsky
Dogs of Christmas
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#Dogsky
Dogs of Christmas
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This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
A story of grief and generosity and the kindness of strangers.
#grief
#christmas
#kindness
My First Christmas as an Orphan
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#grief
#christmas
#kindness
My First Christmas as an Orphan
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My First Christmas as an Orphan
Christmas hits different this year.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A story of grief and generosity and the kindness of strangers.
#grief
#christmas
#kindness
My First Christmas as an Orphan
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#grief
#christmas
#kindness
My First Christmas as an Orphan
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Screaming! My poetry chapbook that was published by #bottlecappress is FEATURED on the @reedsy.bsky.social discovery site & will be in their newsletter that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers!! Ahhh!
Not every book gets picked up so this is amazing! The link to buy my book is in my bio! ☺️
Not every book gets picked up so this is amazing! The link to buy my book is in my bio! ☺️
December 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Screaming! My poetry chapbook that was published by #bottlecappress is FEATURED on the @reedsy.bsky.social discovery site & will be in their newsletter that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers!! Ahhh!
Not every book gets picked up so this is amazing! The link to buy my book is in my bio! ☺️
Not every book gets picked up so this is amazing! The link to buy my book is in my bio! ☺️
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"Your #attention narrows, necessarily focused on #survival rather than #joy. And in this narrowed state, the world itself seems to shrink until sometimes it feels as though pain is not just in you but is you.": buff.ly/DNiciy5
by @remotetherapy.space
#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
by @remotetherapy.space
#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
The Silent Battle: Living in the Shadow of Chronic Pain
There are days when you open your eyes and it's already there, waiting.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Your #attention narrows, necessarily focused on #survival rather than #joy. And in this narrowed state, the world itself seems to shrink until sometimes it feels as though pain is not just in you but is you.": buff.ly/DNiciy5
by @remotetherapy.space
#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
by @remotetherapy.space
#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
If you need an uplift this weekend, please check out this post by Cindy Ojczyk, featuring Gidget McFidget. She shares the story of how we each rescued the other.
PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who
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PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who
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PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who
Plus, a book to save lives, shelters as canaries in the coalmine, a retreat for shelter workers and rescuers
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December 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you need an uplift this weekend, please check out this post by Cindy Ojczyk, featuring Gidget McFidget. She shares the story of how we each rescued the other.
PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who
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PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who
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Eight years ago this month, I met the mother of my heart donor.
Read about the power of organ donation and a mother’s last chance to hear her son’s heartbeat.
#disability
#chronicillness
#transplant
The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother
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Read about the power of organ donation and a mother’s last chance to hear her son’s heartbeat.
#disability
#chronicillness
#transplant
The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother
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The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother
Taking both the sweetness and the sorrow
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December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Eight years ago this month, I met the mother of my heart donor.
Read about the power of organ donation and a mother’s last chance to hear her son’s heartbeat.
#disability
#chronicillness
#transplant
The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother
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Read about the power of organ donation and a mother’s last chance to hear her son’s heartbeat.
#disability
#chronicillness
#transplant
The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother
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Reflections on how I never expected to live to this age along with the realization that I would not be alive today without access to affordable healthcare.
#chronicillness
#disability
#heartdisease
#healthcare
#medicare
#ACA
Today is My Birthday!
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#chronicillness
#disability
#heartdisease
#healthcare
#medicare
#ACA
Today is My Birthday!
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Today is My Birthday!
How did I get to be this old?
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December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reflections on how I never expected to live to this age along with the realization that I would not be alive today without access to affordable healthcare.
#chronicillness
#disability
#heartdisease
#healthcare
#medicare
#ACA
Today is My Birthday!
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#chronicillness
#disability
#heartdisease
#healthcare
#medicare
#ACA
Today is My Birthday!
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"Sometimes things hurt in a way that we don’t really have words for ... But somehow I can tell you about looking at a cicada and you’ll understand the really important parts of what I mean." ~ @katnuernberger.bsky.social
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Essays in Belonging: Baby Owls, Bobtail Squid, and the Power of Asking 100 Questions
“I’ve learned my books aren’t done when I answer question, it’s when I’m asking a new and much better question than when I started.” In her latest book, Held, Kathryn Nuernberger makes …
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December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Sometimes things hurt in a way that we don’t really have words for ... But somehow I can tell you about looking at a cicada and you’ll understand the really important parts of what I mean." ~ @katnuernberger.bsky.social
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“Increasingly, #inspirationPorn is being utilised in overcoming narratives where what is valued by able-bodied #society is used as a performative spectacle by people with #disabilities.”: buff.ly/00lXbBr
from @independentaus.bsky.social
#disability #awareness
from @independentaus.bsky.social
#disability #awareness
Rewriting disability narratives to reflect real inclusion
As Australia marks International Day of People with Disabilities, advocates call for a shift from “inspiration” tropes toward authentic disability narratives that reflect genuine inclusion.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Increasingly, #inspirationPorn is being utilised in overcoming narratives where what is valued by able-bodied #society is used as a performative spectacle by people with #disabilities.”: buff.ly/00lXbBr
from @independentaus.bsky.social
#disability #awareness
from @independentaus.bsky.social
#disability #awareness
Every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end.
Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family
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Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family
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Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family
I can’t believe it’s already December.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end.
Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family
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Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family
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A little history of the holiday and reasons to be thankful for today and every day.
Giving Thanks
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Giving Thanks
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Giving Thanks
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A little history of the holiday and reasons to be thankful for today and every day.
Giving Thanks
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Giving Thanks
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It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
I’m a poet, writer, survivor, stepmom, and dog-mom, living and thriving in my third life. When I say my third life, I mean it. I'm a two-time heart transplant recipient, and I'm living with my third heart.
#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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From My Heart to Yours
What it really means
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November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’m a poet, writer, survivor, stepmom, and dog-mom, living and thriving in my third life. When I say my third life, I mean it. I'm a two-time heart transplant recipient, and I'm living with my third heart.
#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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#chronicillness
#disability
#cptsd
From My Heart to Yours
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Author Spotlight #17: Dawn Levitt (@2heartcore4u.bsky.social) and her CNF piece, "Jump Scare My Heart."
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Author Spotlight #17: Dawn Levitt (@2heartcore4u.bsky.social) and her CNF piece, "Jump Scare My Heart."
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/jump-scare-m...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares
Insurance companies are refusing to pay for a common anti-rejection drug prescribed to transplant patients due to an FDA classification.
Please read, sign, and share the petition. You could save lives.
#chronicillness
Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies
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Please read, sign, and share the petition. You could save lives.
#chronicillness
Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies
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Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies
A personal plea
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November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Insurance companies are refusing to pay for a common anti-rejection drug prescribed to transplant patients due to an FDA classification.
Please read, sign, and share the petition. You could save lives.
#chronicillness
Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies
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Please read, sign, and share the petition. You could save lives.
#chronicillness
Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies
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Do you suffer from Winter Depression?
Here I discuss my own experience with the dark beast’s icy grasp.
#chronicillness
#mentalhealth
#seasonaldepression
Now is the Winter of our Discontent
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Here I discuss my own experience with the dark beast’s icy grasp.
#chronicillness
#mentalhealth
#seasonaldepression
Now is the Winter of our Discontent
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Now is the Winter of our Discontent
Here we are, midway between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Do you suffer from Winter Depression?
Here I discuss my own experience with the dark beast’s icy grasp.
#chronicillness
#mentalhealth
#seasonaldepression
Now is the Winter of our Discontent
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Here I discuss my own experience with the dark beast’s icy grasp.
#chronicillness
#mentalhealth
#seasonaldepression
Now is the Winter of our Discontent
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EIC Kelly has a new poetry chapbook out with Bottlecap Press! It's a collection about her lupus. If you feel like supporting a chronically ill writer and editor, here's a link to purchase: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.
Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
EIC Kelly has a new poetry chapbook out with Bottlecap Press! It's a collection about her lupus. If you feel like supporting a chronically ill writer and editor, here's a link to purchase: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.
Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.