City: New York

Brain Injury: Loss of taste and smell after a fall

Explanation of Mask: I am generally happy, which is why I chose gold.  Sometimes I feel sad, which is represented by the umbrella, but the sadness is almost gone so the umbrella is blowing away.  The dice represents the lack of filter for the things I say (not that I had much of a filter before) and the sporadic moments when I think I can taste again but then it’s gone the next bite.  The otter makes me smile and remember why I went to law school.  I missed out on some opportunities because of the injury, but I’m where I am meant to be and things are just fine.