(gentle uplifting music)
- There's not a lot that's
gonna keep a mother quiet
when their kid is suffering,
and there was no stopping that movement.
There was no stopping those parents
after they saw that this had potential.
I'm Paige Figi.
I am Charlotte's mom.
Charlotte has a seizure disorder
and is the namesake for
the Charlotte's Web oil.
- I'm Heather Jackson.
My son is Zaki, also has a catastrophic
early childhood epilepsy diagnosis.
I just followed this brave one.
That single act of bravery, right,
that you can read about in history books.
♪ Hoo hoo ooh ♪
- We didn't wanna be the
pot moms, the emotional
- No way.
- And it's all the sexism
you have to fight just being a mom.
Like, "You're just emotional moms.
"What could you possibly contribute
"to this epilepsy conversation?"
We were poo-pooed that we were
moms going into Washington
and going into neurology conferences.
I think a lot of respect
was then ultimately given.
When this turned into
a pharmaceutical drug
and research was being
done and reform was made
around this, all on the backs of moms,
we started to hold a little
bit more water in our voices.
- [Interviewer] Do you
think anyone but mothers
could have done what you've done?
- They did it.
They had it.
And, again, ironically,
mothers and emotional mothers,
and the mommy lobby, and the pot moms,
you're blamed because you're a mom,
that you can't do this, yet no one had,
and it was moms who did do
it, and they did it well.
- Amen to that.
I have nothing to add to that. (laughs)
♪ Hoo ♪
Hopefully, we'll go into a new chapter
where we can connect more
often 'cause I miss you dearly,
and every time we are together.
- My goodness, my love.
- I'm like this is
you're home for me, and
I'm so thank to you.
- I think about you, and I
think of what you went through
and what you're putting
your family through
and what you're putting yourself through
to do this for everybody else,
and I couldn't have done
it, and you're perfect,
and thank you for all of that
because you didn't have to do anything.
What would Heather do is
my next silicone bracelet.
No, seriously because I think
you've changed the world,
so thank you.
- Thank you.
- I love you.
- [Heather] I love you, too.
