The Water Bearer Who Refused to Drown

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A water bearer is the symbol attributed to Aquarius...the 11th sign of the Zodiac-my sign. According to lore the water bearer not only pours out water but also wisdom mercy and compassion.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>I am the main character in this memoir and the story technically begins in 2018 with the onset of 24/7 crippling anxiety. I detail my sifting wading struggling through misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis. Until September 17 2021-the day that changed my life forever. While operating a hand mixer in my kitchen I had a seizure. I blacked out as I fell backwards into the kitchen island and woke up covered in powdered sugar cream cheese and pumpkin. I was lying on my sofa when my partner of 7.5 years came back from the Post Office.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>He drove me to the Urgent Care. They promptly sent me to the ER where I had a CT scan. When the attending physician returned he delivered five words that I never expected to hear: You have a brain tumor.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>What follows are myriad physical emotional and spiritual traumas and miracles. And a resurrection of a buried faith despite a yet-unknown outcome.</span></p><p><br></p>