How I Thrive With Epilepsy
I want to thrive. Not just survive. Early this morning, I took a look outside, where our flowers grow. I knelt down and glanced at the cherry red flower pot soaking in the morning sun. Inside this flower pot held…
My Light bulb Moment Inspired Me To Stop Hiding My Epilepsy
There are times where I shove my thoughts and my pain down. Hide them behind a thick tall impenetrable wall. I’ve had a lifetime of practice. You may come across people who are generally nervous, uncomfortable, unsure of what to…
5 Things To Remember About Someone With Epilepsy
Epilepsy can be a challenging tribulation, not only for an estimated 3 million Americans such as myself who battle each day, but in addition for all of the people in our lives taking the journey along side us in love.…
It Took Getting Epilepsy To Value My Health
Just a few steps beyond my twenties at the age of twenty-two, I became faced with an epilepsy diagnosis. Given an eye-opening opportunity to reflect upon my life in its entirety. When I was sixteen years old, just after bedtime,…
A Wild Epilepsy Journey
“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one…
Similar Echoes Within The Movie “Still Alice”
“You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.” Pat Riley As a person living with epilepsy, I am drawn like a bee to a…
On My Own: Life With Epilepsy
“Humbled by what I’ve lost. Blessed by all I’ve gained.” – Tiffany Kairos Click To Tweet Life with a diagnosis can change many things. It can change your entire life. For better or challenge you for a time. When I…
Why You Should Share Your Story About Living With Epilepsy
Living with epilepsy is a challenging, rocky and trial-filled journey. However, epilepsy doesn’t hold the power over you in the palm of its hand unless you place it there. Each person’s journey is unique though there are similarities to be…
Not According To Plan
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy I tucked myself into bed after a long and tedious sixteen year old, Jr. High School day. Drifting and floating thoughts of the following day. Schoolwork, teachers, friends,…
When Medication Stops, The Fight Doesn’t Stop
Diagnosed with epilepsy in 2008, I will have been living with epilepsy eight years. In 2002, I was met with my very first grand mal seizure at the age of sixteen. Placed on two different types of medication for a…
Unusual Triggers – Epilepsy
When I was diagnosed with epilepsy almost nine years ago, I had no idea what to expect. I had a field as far as the eye could see of learning do. The doctor who slammed down the hammer upon my…
The Right Thing To Do: Thank You Tim Tebow
“In my opinion it’s not even a choice. It’s the right thing to do. It’s what you’re supposed to do, in my opinion, and in those moments be there for people to help people because there’s not a bigger, better,…
What Epilepsy Did
Along my epilepsy journey, I’d come across a profound poem that most know of, titled “What Cancer Cannot Do.” This powerful poem proclaims statements such as, “it cannot silence courage,” “it cannot destroy peace,” “it cannot shatter hope.” This had…
Suicide and Epilepsy: Thought That, Overcame That.
More people in the world die from suicide than by war and murder combined. That is a chilling fact to behold. When I was diagnosed with epilepsy almost ten years ago, an unsettling sea of emotions whirled about within me.…
I Have Epilepsy and It’s Okay
When an unfortunate circumstance barges into our lives, by instinct a lot of us are flooded with emotions of panic, worry, anger, frustration, even depression. Swept off of our feet by unpleasant feelings. Taken by the hand, we do the…
Miracles Within Epilepsy
A miracle is defined as: An event that is considered to be the work of God. In looking at the title of my article here, some might be thinking, “What miracles could possibly be extracted from having seizures or being…
