Colorado
Name: Ricky
City: Colorado Springs
Brain Injury: Work related
Explanation of Mask: On my mask, I have things I love to do like fishing and biking that I used to do, but for some reason I don’t do it anymore. Fishing means so much to me. Without the eyes, the mask would be empty because I worry about that. I don’t want to be the mindless grandfather. I feel lucky for the people in my life that care. The mouth displays that I am so emotional – so up and down. The road is the long broken road that is showing what it has taken. I have come far. The gardening and the art is so therapeutic for me. Doing tile work is like art to me. My art work in high school was shown in a case, it is important to me. The traffic is in my head that I sometimes can’t get out of my head – anxiety, worries. The tears is the emotions that come when I can’t control it. I am still looking for the light at the end of the tunnel – sometimes I see it and sometimes it goes away. I feel lucky I get out of the house, even though it is so hard.