This blog is a continuation in a series I am writing about my husband’s brain injury.  If you wish to read the story in order, go back in my archives and find Begin at the Beginning…all the ones in the category brain injury tell my story. Some are longer than others…they come in chunks of … Continue reading Burden Lifted

On day two, we were met in the hallway by the plastic surgeon, who asked what kind of vehicle Bill had been driving.  I thought it an odd question but I told him a Toyota van…the kind with no front because the engine is under the seat.  He got a quizzical look on his face … Continue reading Recognition

There is always a story behind the story.  Always.  My story is no different.  In fact, I believe the back story is at the root of why God asked me to write it all down in the first place.  (If you haven’t been following my story, go back to my blog Begin at the Beginning.) … Continue reading The Story Behind the Story

I know I must’ve looked like a deer in the headlights.  The nurse was telling me something about insurance.  As a healthy 23 year old I had never been in a hospital, never filed a claim, never understood anything about the process.  (I have an aversion to anything where math is involved.) I just nodded … Continue reading Praying for Life

I was expecting a monstrously unrecognizable face.  I was expecting to wonder who was lying in the bed.  I thought there would be machines doing all the work of keeping Bill alive.  I was wrong.  I realized this after my attempt to prepare myself with a ragged deep breath and a step into my new … Continue reading Home

It was raining.  A cold February rain.  The man on the radio was talking about the groundhog, and the wipers were squeaking in rhythm with the raindrops pounding my car.  My little student was chattering about something and I engaged in small talk with her to keep the “non-responsive” from ringing in my ears.  The … Continue reading It Was Raining

I was madly in love. It was the newlywed kind of love without much wisdom, but all of the excitement of the future laid out in front of us.  After dating our way through college, Bill and I had married and spent our first year finding our way through life together.  We were best friends … Continue reading I Was Madly In Love

I went to Nashville a week or so ago.  While I was there moving my son to a new place, and checking out a school for my other son I did a bit of reminiscing.  For some reason they didn’t know that Bill and I lived just outside of Nashville over 20 years ago.  I … Continue reading Begin at the Beginning