There is a deep darkness—because I live a life behind a veil of being able to “write well” and yet that leaves my traumatic brain injury forgotten by most, if not all. People run over …
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The Hidden Visage of Traumatic Brain Injury
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The Chrysalis Dance and Emergency Spinal Surgery
As I prepare to write today, I carry my iPad and a pack of gum to the table that has the Bluetooth keyboard. It’s about twelve steps away, but it is a maze of creativity …
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Imminent Spinal Surgery and the Poop-Apocalypse
One year ago today, I was supposed to be speaking at an Arizona coalition’s state conference in the west valley. I had been invited to give a presentation on the importance of training first responders …
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Internal Decapitation and the Morphine Dance
One year ago today, my world tumbled out of control. I had been clinging to a hope that my life would go back to what I had known. But the last grips on that world …
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Once Upon a Fall: How I Became ‘Nearly Headless’
March 9th. It’s been one year. Today. I remember the dirty pavement. On my hands and knees, stunned, a group of women near me gasped. I ignored the flutter sensation up my arm, and paid …
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Are You Ready to Roar with Me?
I am a one-percenter. No, not that one percent. This one: one percent of children who were trafficked for sex survive to adulthood. Even fewer of us thrive through the briars of the trauma to …
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Finding Your Worth: The Story of a Tucker Car
When I speak, I share analogies to help people understand deeper truths. This is the one I use to help people understand trauma and the survivor: The Tucker Car In 1948, Preston Tucker developed fifty …
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