City: Wheatland

Brain Injury: Aneurysm broke and became a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage. Happened in 2014. Side effect was a stroke.

Explanation of Mask:
I Wish…..

I chose pink because I have always liked that color. It shows my happiness.

Death is hard to process: My sister died while I was in the hospital with my initial brain injury. I missed her funeral. So many things I wish….weren’t gone.

I lost the art of cooking! I loved cooking – I can’t cook now.

Lots of scars: I feel the scars. I’m self-conscious about them’ but I refuse to cover them up. Pissed I lost my way of life.

I kept my love for my babies even though I suffered memory loss. I did not forget my kids or my grandkids. I did forget, for a while, my husband.