Déjà Vu

What if everything you survived was preparing you for something greater?

One ordinary night, Robert Tisdale went to sleep expecting tomorrow to be like any other day. Instead, he woke up in a hospital, surrounded by uncertainty, with no memory of what had happened.

"You had a seizure."

Four words that changed everything.

The epilepsy diagnosis that followed challenged Robert's memory, independence, career, and everyday life. But this wasn't the first time he had faced the unexpected.

From surviving a devastating childhood accident that left him learning to walk again to overcoming serious illness, family struggles, and moments that could have ended his life, Robert began looking backward with a new perspective.

One question kept returning:

Why am I still here?

In Déjà Vu: A Memoir of Faith, Memory, and Epilepsy, Robert shares the deeply personal journey of a husband, father, grandfather, and man of faith learning to navigate a life he never anticipated.

Through stories of childhood, family, friendship, survival, and the quiet moments when he believes God was guiding his steps, Robert discovers that sometimes we don't understand the significance of what we've experienced until we look back.

But this memoir isn't about having all the answers.

It's about learning to ask better questions, finding strength in faith, accepting help when you've always been the one helping others, and recognizing that even life's most difficult chapters can hold meaning.

For anyone living with epilepsy, supporting a loved one, navigating an invisible illness, or facing a season of uncertainty, Robert offers something deeply human:

Hope.

Because your circumstances may change. Your abilities may change. Your plans may change.

But your diagnosis does not define who you are.

Your diagnosis may change your journey. It does not have to end it.