Advocating for Those in Need of Rehabilitative Services: A Valentine’s Day Hearing
Yesterday, on Valentines Day, I spoke to the Texas House Appropriations Committee to encourage them to continue to fund the...
Navigating Dependence After TBI: A Rock and a Hard Place
My brother and I grew up in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado. We had learned how to walk on...
The Song I Wrote BEFORE My TBI: Someone Take Me to a Doctor
It is very chilling that I wrote this song about one year BEFORE my brain injury. I want to share...
The New Year After My TBI: May This Year Be Better Than The Last
It was New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2011. After meeting up with Taylor, we left to go to a house...
Christmas with Old Friends: The Ghost of Christmas Past
After realizing that I could make music again, I had spent night after night getting my music together and making...
Meta-cognition After TBI: Learning How to Learn
When I graduated high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life yet....
Insulted for Being Slow and Picking Battles: Fire Walk With Me
I began walking daily; and even short walks down my street would get me winded almost instantaneously. My whole body...
Regaining Motor Skills Through Therapy: Out of Balance
Because I was uninsured and waiting to be accepted by CRS (Comprehensive Rehabilitative Services), we had to weigh the therapies...
Fun, Fun… Not so Fun!
I used to come from NY to Austin to see live music and to visit Taylor, one of my best...
Double Vision
Notice how my right iris and pupil sits higher than my left. You can see the white below my iris...
Drawing a Map: How We Found Our Way Without Guidance
So I was in Texas now. The weather was just fine, and I was miserable in my own skin. Why?...
