Introduction

I'm Becky and I've been an Epilepsy Warrior Mom for 12 years now.

My daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy in 2010 and I will go more into details in another post about all the ups and downs we've had since then, and trust me it's been a roller coaster of a ride. But for now, I’d just like to focus on why I started this blog.

When she was first diagnosed her doctor told me to learn all I could about epilepsy and to find support where I could. The learning part was easy for me because I'm just a curious person and love learning new things especially when it comes to health. 

The finding support part wasn't as easy, partly due to being a little introverted and partly because when I found groups, most of my questions were ignored and so I gave up. 

In 2020 I tried to find support again by attempting to join some Facebook groups and can you believe that my requests were denied? I felt defeated and very alone. I don't know if I was just trying to join the wrong groups or what, but I just decided I would manage on my own. 

Then I started thinking the other day how many more parents are out there that are feeling the same way? How many parents that just received their child's diagnosis are out there looking for information and support but not finding it? 

So I decided to act on something that's been on my mind for years now and start this blog. I didn't do it before because writing doesn't come easy to me, but the idea of doing YouTube videos is even worse so here we are.

Epilepsy Warrior Moms is a place for me to work through all my thoughts/emotions that go along with being a parent of a child with epilepsy, share information I've learned along the way, and hopefully build a very supportive community to help others. 

I know I named this blog Epilepsy Warrior Moms but everyone is welcome! I would love to have input from people that have epilepsy, people that love someone with it, or people that just want to learn more about it in general.