Raylene R Morris
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A journey with Epilepsy
Hi my name is Rosey *smiles* I'm ten and I wanna tell you about my epilepsy. My momma told me sometimes in my sleep I "shake" she said its normal, I gave her a confused smile and went outside to play with my friends. I asked my friends if the shake sometimes too, they looked at me confused and said no. I went to my momma and asked why I shake but no one else does. She gave me a sensitive smile and said "because sweetie you have something special called epilepsy". "What's epilepsy?" I asked. She wasn't sure how to explain it, she went on "sweetie its like a cord in your brain isn't fully plugged in and sometimes if you get to sleepy, hungry maybe even mad or a light flashes fast in your eyes it can make you fall and have a seizure, but even tho you have this it doesn't make you different it makes you stronger" then she smiled and kissed my forehead. Some days I feel weak or can't think straight or even have really bad bad headaches and can't even think at all and won't know what's going on around me. I asked my momma if this all came with epilepsy she said yes . I looked at her with sad eyes , she gave me a big hug " but that's why you're strong" she said with a big smile. She sent me outside to play with my friends. Then I woke up on the ground with a doctor above me, my friends looked scared. I felt weak and tired. Momma told me I had a seizure, I looked back at my friends and started to cry. I didn't understand why they were scared of me. "Mommy, am I weird and scary?"i said with tears rolling down my face. She then held me tight and said "people are scared of things they don't understand but you're perfect and strong, those who love you are scared for you not of you and smile when you smile because you're strong" she then wiped my tears and held me tight then I smiled and so did she because I'm not weak I'm strong. Epilepsy maybe a disability but those who have it like me aren't weak because we fight it.
By Raylene R Morris2 years ago in Fiction