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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!

Stand Firm, Snowball, Pack it, Take Aim… 1974 Snow In Lewes

Here I am unsteady but sure of my purpose. Someone is gonna get hit.

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Snow In Lewes February 1974

This was my First Snow after coming home from the Hospital and we were walking the same route I took where I was abducted and beaten. But I was not afraid. When I found this picture years ago I thought … Continue reading

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The Beaten Path- Chapter 1

Chapter 1 taken from The Beaten Path by Amy L. Kratz   It may be changed as editing always happens and some things are edited or moved but as it stands now this is it. My brother’s names are changed … Continue reading

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Christmas 1973 Another photo. A Favorite of Mine.

Mom and me on Christmas Morning. I got a hamster and name him Herbie. I love this picture.

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Christmas 1973

This was an amazing Christmas. I had just returned home from the hospital just before Thanksgiving. Santa Came to my home before Christmas with a 4 lane race track and $500.00, The family had the biggest Christmas ever. It was … Continue reading

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Tutoring

Mrs. Joanne Winchester tutored me after my hospitalization. She was so wonderful. She was my Second 4th Grade Teacher. She would come to my home and tutor me after a long day at Shields Elementary. Loved her so much and … Continue reading

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Being a Child Makes All the Difference

     Being a Child makes all the difference when it comes to having a traumatic brain injury. There are so many factors I think that aide positive recovery, besides the support of loved ones and community. Being a child made … Continue reading

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Amy Kratz on The Kratz Mobile taken from Delaware Coast Press November 29,1973

This was my freedom. Then Freedom became a bicycle. I was 38 when I received my drivers license. The article was called “Once in Love with Amy..” and the picture was taken by Lemmon, then I really understood what Freedom … Continue reading

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To The People We Rarely Get to Thank

Tonight I will focus on the people we need to thank, more often than we do. The people who do their job but their jobs affect them in ways we may never know. Yet what they do is AMAZING. The … Continue reading

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Before and After TBI

March is Traumatic Brain Injury Month Before and After   When we speak of Traumatic Brain Injuries there is always a Before and After, this can be used in many random sentences.  Having a Head Injury changes Everthing. Before My … Continue reading

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