Tag: memoirs

The Book of Another Mother

I finished Tara Heaton’s book late last night. I have the habit of highlighting and scribbling notes in the margins as I read. Almost every page of LIFE MINUTES Igniting Joy from the Fire of Heartache has been marked with hearts, tears, omg’s or YES in the margins.

Tara has laid it bare. My heart hurt with empathy as she described the tumultuous journey through various treatments for her daughter, Caroline. Other mothers will recognize the names of these drugs, treatments and hospitals. She has been another mother who has left no stone unturned looking for answers.

She also beautifully documents the effects this epilepsy treatment quest has had on her other two children, her marriage, her career and her own well-being. Epilepsy is a medical odyssey for the whole family, not just the patient. Tara shares how her family and friends have played important roles in the quest for Caroline’s cure.

I find this book an affirmation to my own story and struggles and also inspiration to my continued quest to find a cure for Rose’s seizures.

Tara is a fearless advocate in the continued search for the best care for our precious epilepsy patients. Her flame burns bright.

Bravo Mama Tara!

Seizure Mama FLOW

The Missing Stories

The folks who know us best will notice omissions in our book.

There are missing stories.

I see no point in sharing them with our fragile and frazzled audience.

Some are painful while others are pointless.

There are stories of folks doing the wrong thing or nothing.

Why should I shame people for trying to do what they think they can do

or not trying to do what they know they cannot do.

There is so much forgiveness in my heart that I even have some left over for myself.

I am not a doctor, nurse or pharmacist. I am only a mother.

My job was to be there and care.

That’s what I did.

So friends, if you wonder why those events that you witnesssed  have been omitted from our memoir, keep in mind…

the point of our book is to help not to harm.

My ‘Other Mothers’ need stories they can learn from.

We want to stand on the edge of the crazy cliff with them,

not shove them over it.

That’s why we are here.  To stand together.

Seizure Mama and Rose