The Family Career Woman

It was November 3, and all was well. I woke up at my usual time. I'm not a morning person either way, so I may have been grouchy but I was okay. It was the kids official day back to school after Election day, and Anya was ready to go. She had a purple flower hair clip that I'd handcrafted in her hair, and she was excited about it. When I told her why I wanted her to wear it she understood. When I was a kid I don't remember epilepsy being such a huge conversation. I knew I had it and I knew how it made me feel, but seizure first aid was probably the only thing taught about epilepsy back then. At one point in time people were even misinformed about that. They used to think to put a spoon in a person's mouth to keep them from biting their tongue, but on the contrary that is awful because it can cause their teeth to break if the person having the seizure is grinding their teeth.  Anyway, by the time I was a kid science had come along but it was still so little. ...

My family see's a family counselor every so often and we discuss certain things. One of those things is what support may look like to each of us. I didn't realize how different everyone's view is of support was until I started asking my husband and looking at what it means for me. 1. Affirm Recently a client told me they wanted something orange, and she gave me a description of what she wanted. I took down the order and made it my business to go to the store to get some beads. Well...I went to Walmart, and I wasn't really satisfied with what they had but I bought them because it was the only thing I found that was orange. Anyway, I go home, and for about a day and a half I just had the beads sitting in the bag on the kitchen table. Finally, I showed my husband what this was and asked him for his opinion. "I don't know," he shrugged, "You know how to make it work, so do it!" When he went to work that night I got to work on them immediate...