She's an International Star

I'm happy to be writing a blog NOT about a seizure! Actually, Luella is just over 2 weeks seizure free and we hope to add several more weeks to that!

I wanted to share a special little spotlight that Luella had bestowed on her back in February. The International Bureau for Epilepsy held a photo competition with the theme 'Yes, I Can' to demonstrate achievement in overcoming obstacles. They wanted to showcase the best entries for International Epilepsy Day on February 9th. A select few were exhibited in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France from February 1st through 5th. Luella's photo did not win the competition, but I knew I had a good one to enter and the judges thought so too. Her photo was one selected and displayed in the European Parliament!! It would have been fun to be there to see it in person. I got to see several pictures of how the photos were displayed. It was a special honor to have Luella and her story included!

This was Luella's piece of one of the posters that was displayed.

You can see Luella peeking out behind this lady! These posters were BIG!!

This is the hall in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where the photos were displayed. 

All the photo entries can be viewed here: http://epilepsy.org/gallery/

Your next opportunity to wear purple and bring some awareness to epilepsy is March 26th which happens to be Saturday! It is Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness! If you have a chance to wear purple and tell people WHY you are wearing purple... that would be AWESOME!! Share a picture with me if you want to be included in my yearly purple video AND Luella always loves seeing her supporters wearing purple!! Thanks everyone!!