Today, Monday September 21, 2015, I want to share something I wrote on Monday September 16, 2013. 9/16/13 Enjoying that exciting moment when I’m about to finish the first book I’ve been able to finish reading since my accident. It’s just the little things that help me see how much I have improved. And that … Continue reading #motivationmonday
Current Miss Oregon suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury when she was a freshmen in high school and she wants everybody to be aware of how serious this is. I was very happy to hear that there is another voice out there for TBI and that there are more people out there sharing information about this. … Continue reading Another voice for TBI
Gordon Ramsay Responds When Chef Is Allegedly Fired for Having Epilepsy Read more: http://themighty.com/2015/09/gordon-ramsay-resp0nds-when-chef-is-allegedly-fired-for-having-epilepsy/#ixzz3m8rC5m3E I just saw this story and I couldn't believe that. No one should get fired for this, or have to hide it. I have epilepsy and it's part of who I am. I say it in job interviews and ask if … Continue reading Man fired for having epilepsy
I didn't show it in my post on Facebook, but I was terrified. I had been waiting for this for months and it meant that I could go home soon. Also, I wouldn't need a helmet or have two holes in my head. However, just the thought of a surgery was scary, another surgery in … Continue reading Three years ago today…
Letting myself know that I had to keep working my butt off to get better. 9/14/13 I’ve started to think more and that sometimes makes me angry because I realize all of the things going on that I don’t like. Even though I do need to work on that, they tell me it is good … Continue reading But no one can go through this process for me
After the accident, I heard my mom talking about Malala. I first heard people talk about her about three years ago when my mother explained to me that she was a Pakistani girl who was shot when she was about 15 years old for wanting to go to school. She told me that she survived … Continue reading Malala: The power a brave, determined, young woman can have in the world.
You know that moment you don’t want to remember, that moment you never want to relive. Well I had that moment about 8 months ago. I have been trying to keep my mind off it and not go back to that moment, but as hard as I try, it just keeps coming back to me. … Continue reading That one flashback that made it all real
I keep hearing about war here and there, terrorist attacks, murders, robberies, and the list goes on with news about tragedies and just bad things going on around the world. One problem ends, another begins. Things just keep getting worse, outside as well as here at home and I can't help but start to loose … Continue reading Countries uniting to help refugees
After I had the traumatic brain injury, I became aware that there is a large group of people, including football players, or any other contact sport and soldiers, who also suffer these. For some reason I though they only had one injury, I didn’t consider the fact that they suffer several smacks on the head. … Continue reading Brain trauma awareness
Keep working hard, trying, moving. Keep doing the best you can and don't give up.
When that photo was taken, 3 years ago, my family says I weighed like 90 pounds. I am skinny, but I never thought I would get that skinny. I had never looked like that. That was and is not me. My mom still gets sad when she just thinks about this. I got that way … Continue reading I won’t stop, can’t stop doing everything I can to be myself again
I am that girl I am the girl who has been rebuilding herself for three years. I am the girl who didn’t want to give up and won’t give up. People saying no won’t stop this girl. People said this girl wouldn’t be able to do it, but she did. This girl works hard and … Continue reading #iamthatgirl
September, you have been good to me in the past, you brought me back home during the most difficult time of my life. I am looking forward to what you will bring me this year, but I hope it's something good, like a job.
This is what I wanted three years ago. Apparently I got distracted by a lollipop and I wanted the world to know this. I still have to be cured, but it's not as easy as it sounds. It's not a cold, it's not a headache. I still need help and I … Continue reading Keep calm and you will get better
Listen to this I love hearing this when I go to bed every night. It means I'm home. It's the beautiful sound of my island. You can't say that's not a beautiful and incredible sound. No one can, because that's just what my home and culture are all about, beautiful and unique things … Continue reading Just listen
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