City:  Fayetteville

Brain Injury: At age 22 years old, Greenville, NC a senior in college, my dream was becoming the best prosecutor in North Carolina.  I was a wife, a mother, and a full-time student; that was in the last couple of weeks of my internship at the D.A.’s office.  In a blink of an eye, my life changed forever.  On June 22, 1990, I was involved in a car accident and my life started over.  I never graduated college and had to forget my dream of law school.

Explanation of Mask: Feathers on top show my love of life.  I believe life is like a feather in the wind; you never know where you are going to land.  However, I am surrounded by friends and family who love me: therefore, I have been able to survive some of the most difficult challenges.  Every day is a challenge! 

Faith is me in God. 

Tears are for everything that I lost. 

My prayer sticker means I am in constant prayer to survive each day. 

The most important is my belief, prayer sticker and my smile.  I believe that we are just passing through and this is not my eternity, and I can handle whatever happens with a smile.