You may be wondering who I am and why this site is so important to me. My name is Ayla Kyllikki Wolffe, I am 39 years old and I have epilepsy and have been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. I am the non-custodial parent of two teenage sons, am the Gydhia of Kindred of the Nine Worlds,I am the Former Steward For The Disabled for The Troth, and I am a writer. I will soon have several poems being published in varied devotionals by others in the coming year. I know all this sounds really terrific, but it has been a long time coming and a hard road to get here. I have been epileptic all my life, starting with a ‘mild’ seizure disorder of only psycho-motor seizures through the first 19 years of my life which became a severe seizure disorder in my 20’s. I now have Grand Mal, Petite Mal, and Psycho-Motor Seizures. But, they do not have me. They have been controlled now for 8 years. The only 8 years of my life that my seizure disorder has been controlled. Other than that, I had active seizures from the time I was 2 years old on.I was unable to be diagnosed with bi-polar disorder while my seizure disorder was active because of the varied forms of seizures and the sheer amount of them.It has only been the past 4 years wherein I have been diagnosed and treated for my bi-polar disorder.It is also only the past four years I have actively pursued getting my clergy license, though I wanted to pursue it for years previously. I have practiced a Northern Path for 15 years and for 10 of those years felt a call to become a Gydhia, but I was so ashamed of my physical state that I felt no one would respect me. I hid. After I left the first Kindred I was in I did not seek out other Asatruar for years, secluding myself instead. I felt unfulfilled and depressed, cut off from the community that Heathenry promises/requires and from the Gods. It was a hard point in my Northern Path. Eventually I sought out a Yule Rite at a local Pagan Store out of desperation, and eventually the Kindred I am now with. I am grateful. Along the way I have met other disabled folk who have had similar experiences and I want to make life better for us all. Thus I felt this site had to come into existence. I hope it will serve the greater Practicing Community well.