Hi everybody. I hope you all are doing well. It is another soggy
day here in New England and its COLD!!! Like I said before I would
really like to get to know you all a little bit better and I hope I
am able to do this. I know how tough it is to be a kid with
epilepsy--but you are strong and will get through it.

I remember I met a young woman a few years back and she was having a
BRUTAL time at school because she had epilepsy. One of her friends
saw her having a seizure and wanted no part of her after this took
place. Denise's heart was broken but what other choice did she have
- she had to stay in school and deal with this as best as she could.

To make a long story short - she made it to graduation day and I have
always put a lot of emphasis into graduating because the "real world"
is sooooooooooo VERY different then high school is when it comes to
things like epilepsy. This is when you realize that you really have
been able to move mountains - not because you wanted to - but because
you HAD to. Now there is a class that not many had to take!!!!
Amazing that I learned so much in high school --Denise too!! It
really didn't have much to do with the classes that I took. It had
to do with life - with reality.

I would love to hear from some who are being homeschooled also!!!
Homeschooling was not an option for me - if it was I would have
JUMMPED for joy and went on home to be taught. I am sure there would
have been plenty of "lessons" there too....

thank you...........Christine Ford