Support: 8 Tips for Parenting Children With Health and Other Challengesmom • parenting • lifestyle • health-wellness
Let's go back in time a moment, shall we? Growing Up With Epilepsy I'm 14. One day I'm watching an after-school special with my classmates about a kid with Epilepsy. He has a seizure during a basketball game. Isn't that funny? We're laughing. We don't understand. We all join…
Life Lessons From Mother/Daughter RelationshipsWho are people closest to you who have made all the difference in your life? It's mid morning. I'm studying in the university library in a special area—you know, where you had to have a code to get into the room. A woman slowly rounds the corner of the book…
Childhood Epilepsy: Finding the Sunshinegiving back • tips for giving back
Meet Stephanie. She’s the type of friend, sister, aunt, and neighbor that everyone wishes they had. It’s rare to see her face without a smile on it. Her blue eyes light up a room. And her contagious laugh can ease any situation. You can count on Stephanie for ANYTHING. Whether…
National Purple Day: Understanding EpilepsyNational Purple Day was created in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a nine year old girl from Nova Scotia, Canada, who told her mother she wanted to create a day that would help people with epilepsy not feel alone. Cassidy knew first hand what it felt like to be isolated as…
Healthy Living: Dealing With Epilepsy and Toxemia During Pregnancyme • health & fitness • parenting • education
I played a lot of things when I was a child. School. I was always the teacher. Hospital. I was always the nurse. And family. I was always the mom. Sense a theme here? Yes! I loved to be in charge. And being in charge meant that…
