On this date every year, my husband humors me. I have a practice of building memorials on important days. February 2nd is the time-splitting day for before Bill’s brain injury and after. For 34 February 2nds I have been placing a stone on the memorial altar; both remembering this day and trying to forget it. … Continue reading Grateful for 34 Years
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Brain Injury Awareness Month
I’ve been mulling this piece in my mind for a bit. I usually reserve my TBI posts for the February 2nd anniversary of Bill’s car accident. However, March is brain injury awareness month so I am breaking my pattern in order to shed some light for those of you who might not walk in the … Continue reading Brain Injury Awareness Month
33 Years Ago Today
I had been called to the hospital because Bill was in an accident on a rainy February morning. I had been waiting in the waiting room to see him, when finally the nurse called me back to see him. I stood outside the bay in the ER, just outside the curtain, gathering myself and trying … Continue reading 33 Years Ago Today
Super Bowl Sunday
It seems that the stars have aligned this year. Super Bowl Sunday is on February 2nd, which happens to be Groundhog Day. However, in our house is also Bill’s Alive Day. In honor of this momentous day, I want to tell you a story. In 1988, I was just a young thing who woke to … Continue reading Super Bowl Sunday
Cleansing Tears
I was in Africa when Bill’s Alive Day came around this year. It seemed a bit odd to be so far away of marking such a significant event in our lives. We celebrate the day each year on Feb. 2nd, when 31 years ago the accident that should have killed my husband, didn’t. It was … Continue reading Cleansing Tears
Losing Things (Guest Blog)
Memory issues- a multitude of obstacles having to do with different types of memory. Depending on which part of the memory is affected, the difficulties can be wide in range and scope. The resulting behaviors cause frustration and can affect day to day life in jobs as well as family relationships. As told to me … Continue reading Losing Things (Guest Blog)
February 2nd, 30 Years Ago (Guest Blog)
As told to me by Bill Gunnin This thirty year mark is a significant day. It is a monument that marks a day of before and after in your life. A day of reckoning so to speak. For you, it is a day of monumental shift where everything changed. For me, it is not that … Continue reading February 2nd, 30 Years Ago (Guest Blog)
Logorrhea (guest blog)
As told told to me by Bill Gunnin Logorrhea - excessive talking or wordiness. This is a very common frontal lobe deficit that many traumatic brain injury survivors suffer from. I try to be aware of talking too much. I know I do it, but it is difficult to control sometimes. I know there is value in … Continue reading Logorrhea (guest blog)
A Frightening Moment
A beautiful fall day calls for…housework, right? Maybe. Just a little. Then a drive through the brilliant glowing mountains, as a reward. Bill was changing lightbulbs on the outside of the house in preparation for the darker evenings. I was inside working to ready the guestroom for any visitors coming our way. Bill was on … Continue reading A Frightening Moment
Decision Making (Guest blog)
As told to me by Bill Gunnin Impaired Decision Making- the inability to regard the cognitive processes which result in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities; the inability to take into account all possible choices and come to a conclusion on a course of action. The slowing … Continue reading Decision Making (Guest blog)
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