My Kill Play: When a Virus Hijacked the Roller Derby

I was only 29 when a parasitical virus entered my bloodstream. I found myself ignoring its burrowing, knowing full well that I was headed for progressive demise. But just as death is certain for all of us, life is also the gift we all just as undoubtedly receive. This is a story of the life-or-death battle against the disease that cast a long, terrible shadow over my beloved sport, (Roller Derby). And the story of heroic skaters who transformed that battle on wheels into something memorable, magical and plainly magnificent.

Welcome to my gift of life, and my survival of HIV/AIDS.