Name: Chris

City: Springfield

Brain Injury: Left large occipital hemorrhage that left him with right sided hemiparesis and global expressive/receptive aphasia 

Explanation of Mask: Black represents “bad things” “stroke” “neighbor” “stress.”  “Color chakras”  “good things”  “Do something… what now…”  He expressed the good and bad related to his ABI.  The rainbow of colors represent life and living fully for Chris.  All the things in quote as difficult as it was for him to get these words out, even 17 years later, he said all with a smile.  “Live, live, live!”