One Of My Favorite Fall Recipes. Homemade Butternut Squash Soup Fresh From The Farmers Market. Made With

One of my favorite fall recipes. Homemade butternut squash soup fresh from the farmers market. Made with sweet onions, heirloom tomatoes, fall spices, broth, and pumpkin seeds!

Watched the moon rise over the Atlantic tonight. In less than 24 hours, I’ll be looking at the Pacific.

Touch starved… but it’s for a cool autumn breeze.

Lunch today included a fire.

On Wednesday, my little sister took this picture of me on the Golden Gate Bridge. She often takes pictures while we’re hiking. We do most things together. In that moment we were excited and exhausted to embark on this amazing trip we had planned to California.

I didn’t know in that moment, but our lives would change. We drove to our hotel and got in late, and I was editing this picture above before I crashed around midnight.

At 3am, I randomly woke up and my sister was convulsing, making choking noises, foaming at the mouth, and she was unresponsive. It was the scariest moment of my life. I’ve never witness a seizure before and she’s never had one. Our first night in California led to an ambulance and the hospital. We were helpless. Across the country all by ourselves. Here we were in a place we didn’t know, in a hospital.

35 hours later. She has been diagnosed with epilepsy, and given medication, and is out of the hospital. I’ve always valued and loved my family. My sister and I have always been advocates for each other through anything and we’ve always been best friends. Experiencing a moment in time where I did not know if she would wake up again was the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. I am more thankful than ever. We have a very long road ahead as her life has been changed with this diagnosis.

When she started convulsing my instincts kicked in as I thought she may be throwing up in her sleep. I first thought to roll her on her side, and I did. But then I realized she was foaming at the mouth and unresponsive, I knew something different was happening and called 911. I soon find out that I did exactly what you’re supposed to do in this situation.

So here’s my epilepsy PSA. If you ever find yourself in a situation where someone starts having a seizure. Roll them over to their side. Secure their surroundings, and do not put anything in their mouth. Even though the throat noises sound terrifying.

Thankfully, we have worked it out to where our trip has been extended by a few days. We still get to see the redwoods as we were so excited to see. Now, it’s going to mean so so so much more.

Summer storms and my little garden are a match made in heaven. Just listen to that sound.