I’m sure we have unexpected life changes in common, and with that said, here’s how mine took a different turn.

It’s like a seesaw. That’s always my answer when they ask me, “What’s it like?” There are ups and downs, and no shortage of highs and lows. My health and so much of my life mirrors a giant, unpredictable pendulum that’s wildly out of my control. But through the ups and downs, and amidst the swinging extremes, I’ve learned the simplest peace of this: “it is well.”

Our lives are often marked by a few defining moments. Accomplishments, milestones and special days we will never forget. I like to describe my journey through chronic illness as before and after the seizure.

You see the core of who somebody is in their toughest moments.

I expected to get better, and I didn’t.

A relapse wasn’t supposed to be possible.