Download e-book for kindle: Seize the Day: One Girl's Inspirational Story of Growing Up by Abby Gustus Alford

on the age of 14, Abby Gustus Alford was once clinically determined with epilepsy. After a few tricky years, she went directly to graduate with university levels and her Master’s in Journalism. She set to work professionally and moved to Texas the place she met her husband. when you consider that relocating to Houston, Abby has been very keen on epilepsy understanding and advocacy. She at present serves as a Transition software mentor for the Epilepsy starting place of Texas. as well as her volunteer paintings with the Epilepsy beginning, Abby has been quoted within the Enlighten: motion for Epilepsy tenth anniversary espresso desk publication and is a contributing blogger to the dwelling good with Epilepsy site.

Abby’s intimate, first-hand wisdom of the demanding situations that include effectively dealing with a prognosis of epilepsy deals a distinct viewpoint for either mom and dad and teenagers. She has came across via her volunteer paintings with the Epilepsy beginning of Texas having a person to speak to approximately actual lifestyles stories, past the scientific group, is critical and beneficial. Her community in the epilepsy group is constantly growing to be as she spreads her message of wish and works with humans to guarantee them that they can also lead chuffed, fit lives with epilepsy.

Seize the Day used to be written to motivate youngsters and adults to stay the lifestyles they've got continually dreamed of, with an knowing of the emotional and actual struggles one with epilepsy and their households stumble upon.

Abby’s robust help approach along with her mum and dad, and little brother in St. Louis, Missouri, helped her to effectively graduate highschool, pass directly to collage or even graduate university, the place she used to be in a position to pursue her passions. She graduated from Purdue college in West Lafayette, Ind., after which went directly to Northwestern collage in Chicago, Il. the place she bought her Master’s in Journalism from the Medill tuition of Journalism.

After receiving her Master’s in Chicago, Abby again to St. Louis to be close to her relations after she used to be provided a place in advertising. Her good fortune in her advertising and marketing profession introduced her to Texas, the place she now works because the education and Communications supervisor for an international advertisement genuine property enterprise and lives a contented and fit existence along with her husband, Evan, and their satisfaction and pleasure pups, Huey and Teddy.

Seize the Day will supply perception to her trip and wish for households discovering their means in the course of the many trials and tribulations of the epilepsy journey.