The Potty Mouth Granny

  • Sole Survivor

    Six years next month. Six quiet, thunderous years of carrying a title no one applies for. A sole survivor is the last remaining member of their immediate family—the final branch on a once-leafy tree. My mother gave birth to three children. I am the only one left. No siblings to call and say, “Do you…

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  • A Creative Way of Describing Epilepsy

    The fatigue that comes with epilepsy is not ordinary tiredness. It is deep, consuming, and layered; a kind of exhaustion that wears the body, mind, and soul. Every seizure, even the smallest one — a flicker, a tremor, a blank space in time — burns through the brain’s energy reserves like wildfire. It’s like running…

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  • Eat Them All

    I’m going to be frank. I’m a part of the soon to be working class in this country and I don’t give a rat’s ass about rich people. I don’t expect anything from them. Why? Because historically, they have shown that they don’t care about people like me, a disabled, overweight black woman. Last month,…

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  • Trying to Have Positive Thoughts Even When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

    Last week in my Facebook memories from three years ago, I had posted about resigning from a job because of my medical condition. If you follow my blog then you know I have epilepsy and I take anti seizure medication to control the seizures. When I read that old post, I realized that I have…

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  • The Day Before the Holiday

    Tomorrow is the 4th of July and as a child, it would mean good times. My multigenerational family would gather together to celebrate and I would play with my cousins and friends until everyone went home. I can still remember the smell of the barbecue grill my Aunt Maggie would set up at 6am. I…

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  • Fighting for My Life

    The first three months of 2024 have been interesting to say the least. I resigned from a government position back in November due to not being able to fulfill the requirements of the job because I have permanent short term memory loss due to the medication I take for epilepsy. But I found another job…

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  • Finding Joy

    There are many unhappy people in this country which is ironic considering that the pursuit of happiness is written in the Constitution. They are unhappy with their economic status, their relationship status. Just mad at everything and everyone and although I understand because at times, I’m mad as hell too but it’s not healthy to…

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  • Sick and Tired

    One of the worst things about epilepsy is that people think that you are exaggerating about the side effects of the anti seizure medication that you take to keep from having seizures. To live a semi normal life because the life you previously had will never be the same again. I’ve left two really good…

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  • The Curse of the Strong Black Woman

    During my travels in life, I have seen many sisters in pain, young and old, walking around like the living dead. I just want to hug them and tell them that it will be okay. That I know it is not easy living a society that tells Black women that we are ugly and no…

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  • Trauma & Fear – Inevitably Intertwined

    I’m coming to realization that I’ve been traumatized since being diagnosed with epilepsy. That I live with fear on daily basis. Let me explain why. Having grand mal seizures is one of the worst things that can happen to a human. You never know when it’s going to happen and when you come out of…

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