I’ve spent the last two years learning to be a new me. She’s not necessarily the me I want to be, but it has to be done. Brain injury causes a sort of rebirth. And with any rebirth come many changes. This is particularly true in relationships.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the people in my life, and those who are no longer in my life either due to natural loss or through cutting ties. It is, after all, the time of year when you think of your loved ones.
I’ve never been a confrontational person – always friend to everyone – always wanting to please and gain approval. My grandfather used to say I had a “cuore fessa”, which is a very crude way of saying I am a softie.
But on January 22nd, 2014, something snapped. I kept trying to maintain relationships with people, but I found…
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Thank you so much for the re-blog. I’m honoured!
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c
PS:
“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do…best”
“You’re not disabled (limited) by your disabilities, you are able (enabled) by your abilities.”
― inspiring words from Oscar Pistorius (the “Blade Runner”) in 2011 well before his fall from grace (and slightly adapted by me!)
from http://www.traumaticbraininjurytbi.wordpress.com
and
http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com
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