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…
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.…
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…
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…
6 Things About Having Epilepsy That Aren’t Terrible, Horrible, No Good.
There happens to be this common misconception among some of those who battle epilepsy that, the moment the condition has tipped its hat to your brain and your life, that life is going to be terrible, horrible, no good. Life…
Dear Epilepsy, You Lose
You strutted into my life unwelcome acting like a rock star. Taking center stage within my brain. Shocking and stunning my body whenever you felt the urge. I experience a surge of electricity that drains me. Yeah, at first I…
What I Didn’t Expect To Receive From Epilepsy
Hearing what the doctor had to say regarding what I could expect living with epilepsy for the foreseeable future, participating in countless tests and hospital stays, going through the motions as I climbed up the mountain of milestones only to…
Refractory Epilepsy Only Motivates Me
Yesterday, I endured a series of tests to determine the location of where my seizures are coming from and determine if I may be a candidate for surgery. After which, I packed my things with my husband and my neurologist…
Lessons Learned From Epilepsy
It took a crash. A what could have been a fatal car crash and the diagnosis of epilepsy in order to open my eyes. To assess my entire life. The life that I had been currently living. The habits that…
To Be A Wife With Epilepsy
When we were engaged to be married, we were on cloud nine with love for one another, goals and dreams for our future together as husband and wife coming together like cotton white clouds in a blazing stained evening sky.…
Letter To Myself
If I could write a letter to myself, for the very first days of my epilepsy diagnosis, I imagine I would have much to say. A traveler having come a long way now on this journey. Having lived and learned…
