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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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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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