Big Yellow Taxi

Big Yellow Taxi

     Do you remember “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell? If you don’t know her original, you’ve no doubt heard one of the 470 cover versions of this song (no joke! Look it up)     It is timeless, no doubt, because everyone knows the...
Attitude!

Attitude!

These last 4 weeks have been a rushing waterfall of emotions. I haven’t cried so much since my dad died. But maybe that’s ok- it’s part of my healing. I am grieving the loss of not just my independence- it feels like something bigger was stolen from me. Like a...
Heavy Heart

Heavy Heart

  Today I write with a heavy heart and a mind unsettled. After nearly 22 months of freedom from seizures, I had a nasty one last week. I was washing my face and my husband heard the crash of me falling down in the bathroom. I awoke to his concerned face over me,...
Flashbacks and moving forward

Flashbacks and moving forward

  Living with epilepsy was always like waiting for the other shoe to drop. I might feel fine when I woke in the morning, but never could predict when or where the next seizure would happen.  I felt like there was an ever-present storm cloud on my radar,...
A Strange Guilt

A Strange Guilt

July 2019At this writing I am nearing 18 months since brain surgery. What was once a pipe dream is my reality: a brain that doesn’t misfire! A year and a half out, 17 and a half years since diagnosis…the emotions have been so intense, pulsating in excitement,...