City: Biddeford

Brain Injury: A stroke in 2002 took out my right arm and leg and left me with severe aphasia.

Explanation of Mask:  For 1 year I was silent and couldn’t talk. I was lonely and blank. The sad side shows grey, with a lightening bolt (yellow gold) from the sky. I cried a lot and wondered why it happened to me.

The yellow side is bright, sunny and warm.

Speech- I am learning to talk in sentences now.

My family is love and I am close to my husband and two sons and my Mom and Dad and others. I felt love from my teacher friends and colleagues. They brought dinners and food.

Music- I couldn’t sing or play music for 13 years. Now I am singing and composing music and playing the piano for 2 years.

Art is hard but I can create flowers and the sun. Our art group is like family.

Love it!