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Brain Injury Month: Monthly Writing Update

March 24, 2020

A monthly writing update about my commitment to the new NaNoWriMo event #StayHomeWriMo. … More Brain Injury Month: Monthly Writing Update

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Brain Injury: A Reflection on the Years Post Injury by a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Survivor

March 17, 2020

An essay reflecting on my years as a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor. … More Brain Injury: A Reflection on the Years Post Injury by a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Survivor

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Brain Injury Month: “The Flash” and Brain Injury

March 10, 2020

In this pop culture post, I discuss how my favorite currently airing TV show, “The Flash,” uses brain injury in its plots and as a part of its character development. This is my second blog post inspired by Brain Injury Awareness Month (March). … More Brain Injury Month: “The Flash” and Brain Injury

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Writing Update and Memoir Mind Mapping

February 24, 2020

A monthly writing update where I share a visual way that has helped me organize my memoir and give a word count update. … More Writing Update and Memoir Mind Mapping

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Default Settings After TBI

February 17, 2020

Sometimes my injured brain acts totally different than before my Traumatic Brain Injury and other times I feel like those default settings appear. Here’s an essay about such a phenomenon. … More Default Settings After TBI

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Essay: Holidays of Good Cheer after Tragedy

December 17, 2019

An essay where I frankly discuss being in good cheer during the holidays after you’ve survived tragedy. … More Essay: Holidays of Good Cheer after Tragedy

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Writing Update: Memoir Progress

November 26, 2019

I finally have made some progress in my memoir so this is an old fashioned writing update with an actual word count for my memoir. #amFINALLYwriting … More Writing Update: Memoir Progress

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Essay: The Sounds are Coming From INSIDE My Head

November 5, 2019

An essay where I talk about how my severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has left me with severely diminished hearing and distorted hearing that makes it seem like I have a horror movie INSIDE my head. Creepy! … More Essay: The Sounds are Coming From INSIDE My Head

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Quite the imagination: A personal account of TBI and hearing loss

October 14, 2019

I switch around my posting schedule to write an essay. This essay is on the importance of imagination and how I used my imagination to make it through hearing distortions and brain trauma. … More Quite the imagination: A personal account of TBI and hearing loss

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Writing Update: Still at it?

September 23, 2019

A monthly writing update where I attempt to coach myself into being nicer to myself for my slower writing pace in writing my memoir. … More Writing Update: Still at it?

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Writing My Brain Injury Story No Matter How LONG it takes!

This blog chronicles my ongoing pursuit of writing my memoir about my experience with severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Every once in a while I intersperse memoir talk with talk about fun things like my dog and pop culture and goofy things related to living with your parents again in middle age!

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