Well it’s been a little over a year since my last blog entry…People think your soul lives within your heart, but it lives in your brain. Your soul, your personality, everything that makes you who you are, and when that fails you, when you can no longer rely on your brain and those parts of you to function normally, to make you feel yourself again, what do you do?!?
Emilia clarke
For as long as I can remember, I have always been an active and hard working person. Read more.“Therapy is work; and its difficult work. You are challenging core beliefs in therapy. You are digging into yourself, seeing brand new things, seeing familiar old things in new ways. You have to digest, to process. It takes energy. It takes courage and strength…”
Last Christmas was a real struggle.Read more“I’m trying to be awesome today, but I’m exhausted from being so freakin awesome yesterday.”
Unknown
My name is Courtney, and for those of you who don’t know who I am, I am Lauren’s baby sister. Read more“A sister just like you, I just want to let you know you mean the world to me. Only a heart as dear as yours would give so unselfishly. The many things you’ve done, all the times that you were there. Help me know deep down inside, how much you really care. Even though I might not say, I appreciate all you do. Richly blessed is how I feel, having a sister just like you.”
Unknown
“Brain Injury is misunderstood by many people. You don’t just ‘get over’ Brain Injury. It affects your whole life, your relationships, who you are as a person. Nothing is the same anymore. Brain Injury is a lifelong battle with very good days and very bad days. If you know someone living with a Brain Injury, be patient and compassionate. They need your support more than you know. Especially on those very bad days. Be kind.
-Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group
This blog post could go on for so long, and I could bore you all to tears with how much I wish you knew. Read More
“You have given so much. You have worked so hard. You have fought through so many things just to make it here. You have taken the leap and you have waited. You have not given into shortcuts. But sometimes the soul just needs to be reminded: keep going, keep believing, keep trusting,the work you’re putting in is not in vain.”
Morgan Harper Nicholas
The truth is…
“SHE BELIEVED SHE COULD. BUT SHE WAS TIRED…so she rested and you know what? The world went on and it was okay. She knew she could try again tomorrow.”
The Minds Journal
Recovery. This section has been one of the hardest parts of my story to write.
“An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.”
Unknown
It’s amazing how your body makes you feel after an injury like this.
“Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.”
Unknown
It was just a regular school day.
The Orange Butterfly 