Stepping into circles
where there are no corners
it’s easy to be brave
when around the circle
smiles of welcome blossom,
and hands reach out to help
Stepping into circles
where there are no corners
it’s easy to belong.
“There are patterns which emerge in one’s life,
circling and returning anew,
an endless variation of a theme.”
~ Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel’s Chosen
Seeing and visiting with family and friends miles away ~ something I could never imagined with only a telephone (on a party line) and a radio; pen, paper, crayons and board games.
But days would come when
I would enjoy family and friends around the globe
on this global party line and
be ready to tear my hair out establishing
a meeting Zooming through the air and
setting my nerves on the edge of madness;
Fascinating and wondrous!
“Science and technology revolutionize our lives,
but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.”
~ Arthur Schlesinger (Historian)
One an hour or more, a couple a week, maybe once every few weeks or months - who knows when?! or managed successfully with medication and/or surgery - or not.
Living on the alert
Getting up in the morning
Going to bed at night
Taking medication daily
Being aware of surroundings
How rested you are - or aren’t.
All kinds of seizures!
Little ones, big ones ~
not all falling down ones
Each one knocks a brain sideways
vibrating it for minutes, hours, days or more after the seizure has vanished.
"It's more than just having seizures."
~ Lindsey Hess
Purple Day established in 2008 by Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia
**Some minor updates to this repost, but a seizure's still a seizure.
