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Live Life so you never have to say, “I should have.” I have lived like this, because at an early age I was brutally beaten and kidnapped while walking to school and acquired a traumatic head injury with a seizure disorder and a lifetime of recovery. I live despite what everyone believed I would become. You would not know any of my struggles or what I have overcome and face daily, if you met me on the street or spoke to me for any amount of time. People with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are mostly anonymous. You can rarely tell that anything has happened to them or that they may need extra support or patience, they are strong, intelligent, kind people, living in all shapes, sizes, colors, and sexual orientation, out there defying the odds daily. Their lives often have been turned upside down by their head injury and they are seeking or had to find a new normal and themselves all over again. I hope to be one voice that speaks out for them/us in a World that is not listening, understanding, or providing much in the way of assistance to people with TBI when we are in need. As a writer who observes all people and works with people with disabilities for the past forty plus years, I have noticed that those with TBI are often misunderstood and some of the most underfunded among disability groups in the country, and I want to help change this. I hope to inspire people to live well against all odds and those odds are treacherous mountains to climb, but I am here to say you can summit them!

The Man On The Bus

He was the young man I met on the bus. We were both taking Para Transit what Delaware called it’s transport system for people with disabilities. They would pick me up at my house at 2:00 and then we would … Continue reading

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Thinking of My Mother

When thinking of my mother I can think of so many ways to describe her. Her strength was immeasurable, her patience sometimes frazzled and other times not, her eyes sometimes sad but when she smiled the world lit up. She … Continue reading

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Lilly Barnett’s Story

Lilly Barnett’s Story http://www.caringbridge.org If you want to read another amazing story go to this link and become a visitor to Lilly Barnett’s page. She and her family are on a journey all their own in the world of Traumatic … Continue reading

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Things I have Learned

NEVER LET ANYONE TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU WITH A MULLET AFTER JUST WAKING UP! Things we have learned through life are important to us all. I would like to share some of the most important things that I have … Continue reading

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Seizures

Epilepsy alone makes your life a challenge one moment to the next and not just because I can’t get around. In reflecting on my life, I had not really dealt with the fact that I had a seizure disorder or … Continue reading

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Day 16 TBI Awareness Month Block House Pond NOW

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CHAPTER 2 The Beaten Path By Amy L. Kratz

The little girl who didn’t show up to Shields Elementary School on September 13th was me. I would never spend my first year of fourth grade in school but a vast majority of it would be spent in the hospital … Continue reading

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Reaching By Amy L. Kratz

Me 1997 right before leaving for Minneapolis. Sporting my Mullet and Where’s Waldo Shirt   Reaching   The day begins. The only sign I’m alive is the smell of coffee seeping through the thick, hot air. My mind is weary … Continue reading

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Accomplishments

My accomplishments are only as grand as I think I can be. That is the principal that I have lived by and helped other strive for their goals. Even as a child I dreamed Big!  Being a victim of a … Continue reading

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A Wonderful Story

This photo is me in 1974 in the Spring on The Kratz Mobile. Aunt Mickey in the back keeping a watchful eye on me as always. Tomorrow night I will post one of my favorite life journeys. I have it … Continue reading

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