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Finding my focus in the face of disability #MemoirMoment

March 31, 2023

I use this first (only) post of 2023 Brain Injury Awareness Month (March) to talk about how I have found focus in my disabilities. … More Finding my focus in the face of disability #MemoirMoment

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The Moving Target of Living with Brain Injury and silly memoir titles #MemoirMoment

November 22, 2022

I discuss how living with a brain injury is like living with a moving target. … More The Moving Target of Living with Brain Injury and silly memoir titles #MemoirMoment

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A plan for managing expectations

August 26, 2022

Earlier I promised to manage my own expectations. Here’s my plan to do that. … More A plan for managing expectations

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Managing Great Expectations

August 25, 2022

As an aspiring published author sometimes it’s a full time job managing expectations… … More Managing Great Expectations

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It’s time for fiction… #TBIthursday

January 27, 2022

This week I had a mental break and decided it was best served by writing a few short stories. They have given me the pep in my step this memoirist needed. #Memoir … More It’s time for fiction… #TBIthursday

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The first Memoir Monday in 2022

January 3, 2022

I discuss my plans to focus myself and this blog on writing my memoir in 2022 and finishing it. … More The first Memoir Monday in 2022

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Writing and Feeling with emphasis

November 19, 2021

I discuss how the emotions and emphasis behind my words has changed post-TBI in this monthly essay. … More Writing and Feeling with emphasis

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A Double Header Blog Post

September 10, 2021

I have started to write in earnest in a journal I am keeping as I write my memoir. Writing in it has helped me crack the code on writing my memoir and what works for me. I explain how this works in this blog post. I also review Brit Bennett’s first novel “The Mothers” and a pop culture recommendation of a website/app. … More A Double Header Blog Post

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Book Review of “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett

August 14, 2021

A book review of the novel “The Vanishing Half “ by Brit Bennett and a brief look at the Apple TV+ Series “Ted Lasso.” … More Book Review of “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett

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How I take care of a foggy TBI brain #TBIthursday

August 5, 2021

Sometimes taking care of a foggy, cranky TBI brain is priority #1 (actually it always should be). … More How I take care of a foggy TBI brain #TBIthursday

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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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