"Dear family, The most frustrating feeling is not being able to finish a sentence because I forget what I said, or what I was going to say, or the word I'm trying to use. Since I can't express myself verbally, I've decided to start a blog." Eighteen years after being diagnosed with simple partial epilepsy, Erica had hit a wall. With daily seizures and debilitating side effects from her medications, she decided she had a long life ahead of her and if there was any chance she could beat her epilepsy, she owed it to herself to try. From the day she decided to have a brain surgery that could possibly cure her, Erica chronicles her journey through anticipation, hope, fear, pain and love as she fights for a new life.