City: Albuquerque

Brain Injury: A truck driven by a person on a cell phone hit my small car and threw it into the truck ahead of me – so I was hit twice.

Explanation of Mask:  I wanted to be a whole person when I grew up (matured).   Someone uncaring took all my hard work of becoming “my beautiful me.”  I am damaged inside and it’s dark in there now.  Only a few rays of essence still give radiance to my life now.  I am so ashamed of my disability and my PTSD effects.  I wish I could tell my legs to work right again.  I am scared about the eventual path of my life because I do not want to be scared.  I try to be serene and peaceful by remembering the radiance and the sparkle that remains.  I try to build on that.  Seems silly at my age, but I am stubbornly resilient.  They should have empathy training for the people that injure other people with reckless driving.