City: Henderson

Brain Injury: Motor Vehicle Accident

Explanation of Mask: I choose the color red to represent both my sadness and anger.  Sadness explains how I feel but also angry because I don’t remember anything.  The word “effort” is on my mouth to represent the need I have to stay alive and effort to go through therapy.  Finding my words and expressing myself takes effort and I thank you for that.  Effort for taking the needles, effort for having wires removed from my jaw.  “Victorious” is at the top of my mask because I am closer to my friends and family.  I am victorious after my life was tested in a car crash.  My friendships and family is being tested right now.  I feel victorious with how I came out.  The picture of guys talking looking like whispers, but that’s y’all, my therapists telling me how good I’m doing and encouraging me.  “Fight” because I have to fight to get my life back.  My life is not the same but I’m happy with how everything is going. “Rebuilding” you have to rebuild yourself after an injury.