City: Haughton

Brain Injury: I am the Grandmother to Hope who is 13 and has a traumatic brain injury from being hit by a full-size pickup truck while crossing the street.

Explanation of Mask: My mask is called “But there is Hope”.  I painted a brain on the top and on the right side, I wrote some negative feelings.  On the left, I wrote some positive feelings.  Hope has been in different hospitals for over four months now.  She was intubated and had to have a tracheostomy.  She wasn’t able to talk for four months.  I am afraid, scared and cry a lot.  Hope was a very outgoing, talkative, and artistic young lady, and I hope she hasn’t lost all of who she was.  Who she was, she still is.