Name: Karen R., Mother of Corie R.

Age: 65

City: Scottsdale, AZ

Brain Injury:  TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)

Explanation of Brain Injury:  My daughter was in a car accident when she was 18 years old. She was in a coma and then bravely built ‘her new self” through years of rehabilitation. She now has a meaningful and purposeful life after brain injury.

Explanation of Mask:  “IT IS ALL ABOUT THE LOVE”
This mask is about ATTRIBUTES-BEING OF FAITH, ALIVE, APPRECIATIVE, BRAVE, DETERMINED, MIRACULOUS, OPTIMISTIC AND STRONG! WITH THE LOVE, THERE IS LOSS AND GRIEF AND EMPATHY, EXHAUSTION, ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. Concentric hearts of LOVE in red and purple and the heart is releasing in black on white all of the loss and grief.