Stay Pistachio

"Stay Pistachio" is a motto to live by. It is about staying positive, no matter what life throws at you.

A few years ago, I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) which, in over-simplified terms, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that provides me with constant joint pain and random fits of muscle spasms that can lay me up for days. One day in particular, I was laid up on the couch in pain (and maybe a little foggy from taking some muscle relaxers), my partner was texting me with a tone of concern and a little bit of sadness about my diagnosis. My reply to her was, in being true to my nature, to "stay positive" but whatever thing I actually ended up typing into my phone auto-corrected to "Stay Pistachio". It has become our household motto ever since.