Epilepsy: Many Warriors’ Perspectives

In the almost twenty years since my epilepsy diagnosis, I’ve heard a slew of uninformed, impolite, foolhardy and sometimes cruel remarks about seizures. All point to the assumptions people make and their downright ignorance. I, too, used to have a lot of the wrong...

A Child’s View of Seizures

I have a 10-year old now. One who reads over my shoulder as I’m texting one of my epilepsy friends, and says, “You’re writing about seizures,” very matter-of-factly. “Honey, you know what a seizure is, right?” I ask my daughter....

My Miscarriage

At this point, I can count on one hand the number of people who know this story. But it’s time to talk about it. I had a miscarriage in January. Now, before we get too far ahead- No, we weren’t trying. Are you kidding me? We let that ship sail many years...
Ode to my Dad

Ode to my Dad

  Ever since my dad’s passing in 2017, Father’s Day has been very bittersweet. I think of Dad strumming his guitar, singing “Blackbird”; I hear the steady honing and growling of his woodshop tools, a wonderful and therapeutic sound. Dad...
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...