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Grieving Your Past Self
When I first started to write my book, (The Goal: Publish This YEAR!) the thing I actually started with was, I was a person who had a seizure disorder and 60 pages into it I realized I … Continue reading
Posted in aging with TBI, brain injury, Grief, inspirational, Live with Purpose, Poet, Publishing Book, Resilence, seizures, Speaking, Stress and living, Victim of violent crime, writing
Tagged Advocacy, Community, Head Injuries, Human Services, Inspiration, Poetry, Problem Solving, PTSD, Publishing, Strength, Survivor, TBI, Victim of Violent Crime, Writing
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The Honor of Being Alive
Pictures Above: 1.) Joan Nagy (Mom) and Amy in a picture from 1973 copied from The Cape Gazette April 2005. 2.) Amy at Memorializing our Mother at a Garden the People of Milton and her Friends gave us after she died in … Continue reading
Posted in aging with TBI, brain injury, Childhood, Delaware, Grief, inspirational, Lewes, Loss of Mother, Poet, PTSD, Publishing Book, rehabilitation, Resilence, small towns, Speaking, Stress and living, TBI, trauma, Victim of violent crime, writing
Tagged Christmas, Community, Developmental Disabilities, Head Injuries, Home Coming, Inspiration, Recovery, Resilence, Salisbury University, Small Towns, Victim of Violent Crime, Writing
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Instant Gratification
This month has been a bear I have been three people short at Work since January and two people short before that since October so I have been maxed, to say the least. I have been sometimes sleeping more … Continue reading
Posted in Advocay, brain injury, Delaware, disability resources, inspirational, Live with Purpose, Publishing Book, Resilence, Speaking, Stress and living, TBI, TBI resources, Victim of violent crime, writing
Tagged 1974 Snow, Advocacy, Community, Day Services, Developmental Disabilities, Head Injuries, Human Services, Inspiration, Publishing, Speaking, TBI, TBI Resources, Writing
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New Beginnings
“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~Mark Twain I sit here today thinking about new Beginnings and last night I started off my new … Continue reading
Posted in Delaware, inspirational, Live with Purpose, Publishing Book, Resilence, TBI, Victim of violent crime, writing
Tagged Advocacy, Community, Finishing Strong, Inspiration, New Beginnings, Publishing, Speaking, TBI, Writing
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The Fight and Battles Won
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At 50 Living With Purpose
I have to say,” WOW I actually turned 50!!!!” FIFTY can you believe it? After all, the odds have been against me all this time, a milestone that I never thought I would achieve. I never imagined I would live … Continue reading
Driving =Freedom
I started writing my memoir the year I received my long awaited driver’s license because it made me feel FREE. I had never experienced such Freedom before I had to rely on my ability to ride a bicycle … Continue reading
Posted in brain injury, Delaware, disability, inspirational, legislation, PTSD, Resilence, seizures, TBI, transportation, Uncategorized, Victim of violent crime
Tagged Head Injuries, Inspirational, Overcoming Fear, Seizures, TBI
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Movement
After my head injury I had learn how to: walk, speak, write, run, and everything having to do with coordination; all over again. This took years of work, frustration, and tears. Many of us take these things for granted but … Continue reading
Posted in brain injury, Childhood, disability, gay and lesbian, inspirational, Movement disorders, PTSD, rehabilitation, Resilence, seizures, TBI, transportation, Uncategorized, Victim of violent crime, writing
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Coming Home , The Beaten Path
There is irony for me in leaving Sussex County for 14 years and now being home again. I have grown to realize that the only way to move on was to go backwards, or so it seemed at first. I … Continue reading
Posted in brain injury, Childhood, Delaware, Grief, inspirational, Loss of Mother, PTSD, Resilence, seizures, small towns, TBI, transportation, trauma, Uncategorized, Victim of violent crime, writing
Tagged Grieving, Loss of Mother
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Photo 1: Amy and Dawn 1967 on Swifty Lewes, DE Photo 2: Paul, Pam Faust, Amy and Dawn on Swifty I was a fun loving, active, little kid and ornery as hell. I was a tomboy in the biggest way … Continue reading
March 28, 2014
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