A Few Questions

A Few Questions

What if we stopped allowing competition  rob us of true community? What if we stopped allowing comparison take away many healthy relationships? What am I doing to make that happen? How am I changing instead of just complaining about how others should change? How...
A Prayer

A Prayer

Today, dear God, Guide my hopes and selfish schemes  to peer beyond the in-betweens. Then steer my love to life around me. Each day, all day, help me to stay in pace with You. Can You help, heal? Slow me down, make me real? Dear God, today, I pray You will.  (by Chris...
Choose Today to Dream and Act

Choose Today to Dream and Act

Today comes once. Just once. Results from today’s decisions last a long time. A very long time. What can we do today to make a positive difference? What can we say? What stands in the way of us making that positive difference? Do we doubt ourselves? Are we controlled...
Life with Epilepsy: The Underwater Adventure

Life with Epilepsy: The Underwater Adventure

What is it like saying goodbye to a person who is still alive? What is it like never being able to say goodbye to that person, never being able to grasp or grieve their loss? You knew him or her—or yourself—well. Now you are learning about and accepting the new self...
22 Years of Life with Epilepsy

22 Years of Life with Epilepsy

I can’t believe it has been twenty-two years since I almost died of encephalitis and began my adventure with epilepsy. But it has. And so much has changed. For me. For others.   Those of us who live with brain damage often feel alone, misunderstood, and unworthy....