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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!

Another New Year Filled With Possibilty

      I have been contemplative lately about my life and the realm of possibility that I wish not to squander. The coming of a new year does this to many of us, it’s a new start, fresh tablet of ideas … Continue reading

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Point of Hope, Inc.

Today I went to Point Of Hope in Smyrna, Delaware and I met some amazing people; some of them feeding others, some feeding themselves, some waiting for their lunch until all had eaten. Some were in wheelchairs with large scars … Continue reading

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Brain Injury Assocation of Delaware

Brain Injury Assocation of Delaware This organization has resources, support, groups and lobbies for federal laws helping people Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Drexel University – This Beats a Coma Event

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Click here for Details Coming up on Friday, October 4 2013 from 7-9pm at Drexel University’s Mitchell Auditorium, an unlikely alumnus will return to Drexel… For the second time.   After having been hit by a…

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Forty Years Ago Today…

  Today was my 40-year Anniversary of traveling through the mountains and foothills of being the victim of a Violent Crime and receiving a head injury from that crime. Forty years ago I was nine years old a joyous child … Continue reading

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Being Resilient

Being Resilient.

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Being Resilient

I have always believed that I am a resilient person, which has made life easier when things go wrong but I must say I have had at least a couple things happen recently that have really tested not only my … Continue reading

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Things I’ve Learned

 Having a head injury and surviving is not what it’s cracked up to be, life is fraught with misfortune and difficulty for many of us. I must say that I am one of the lucky few that were able to … Continue reading

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Being an Advocate

Yesterday being and advocate was difficult but the end result was worth every bit of the stress we endured getting there It was very difficult day that made me realize the disparity between what could be and what is. I … Continue reading

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The Car Awaits It’s Tune Up

I believe that I should have been an engineer. In fact the more I think about my interests and live my life, I am almost certain I could have easily been an engineer. I have an eager fascination with and enjoy designing things … Continue reading

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