Celebrity Epilepsy

I have run across from time to time a celebrity that has had, or does have epilepsy.  Today I decided to actually google it and see what turned up.  I encourage you to google it...you would be surprised how many lists of people came up!!  Danny Glover (actor) has epilepsy.  He experienced his first seizure at about 15 years old.  Ronde & Tiki Barber (football twins) had epilepsy as kids.  Hugo Weaving (actor) of the Matrix Trilogy and Lord of the Rings (think Lord Elrond) has epilepsy.  The lead singer of Evanescence, Amy Lee, has epilepsy.  Teddy Roosevelt, Napoleon Bonepart, Charles Dickens, Edward Snowden...the list goes on.  Even Prince (formerly known as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" who has apparently gone back to being just Prince) had epilepsy as a child and even wrote a song about it called "The Sacrifice of Victor".

This may not be important to some...but to me, it is.  Whether wrong or right, it just is.  To me, it is a living graphic that epilepsy does not define a person.  A child's potential does not disappear with this diagnosis.  Sure, life may be different, but even life itself is about adapting and overcoming!  Where there is a will, there is a way...and our kids will find a way to become who they are meant to be.