10 Things I Don’t Do While Living With Epilepsy
Out of the corner of my eye, I see the minutes pass by, I flip the calendar to a brand new month, watching the seasons change. Leaves fall and dance in the wind, followed by snowflakes slowly floating to the…
4 Things People With Epilepsy Want You To Know
Epilepsy can intrude into anyone’s life, at any time. Millions of men, women and children battle this selfish and rather challenging condition every single day. All of us diagnosed are on the same journey with different stories to tell. Pages…
Five Things To Do Everyday When Living with Epilepsy
I have lived with epilepsy for nearly a decade now. Wow, how fast time goes. Time opens your eyes and imparts wisdom, if you let it. Epilepsy is a complex condition. Testing all who are affected, physically, mentally and emotionally,…
Epilepsy Quirks
The journey in living with epilepsy hasn’t always been without its stumbles and trials. Regardless, I’ve learned quite a bit throughout the years. In having developed a tougher skin, absorbing wisdom and learning more each day, it’s important to not…
What Gives Me Peace
A heart at peace, gives life to the body. – Proverbs 14:30 I didn’t expect a lifequake. One hiccup at sixteen years old having had a grand mal seizure, however most of my life, my stride was smooth sailing without…
Thanks, Epilepsy!
It’s hard to imagine thanking anything or anyone that has barged into your life unexpected and flipped it entirely upside down. Stirring your emotions in a tornadic way. Leaving you with many uncertainties and feelings of worry or fear. Almost…
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…
