Name: Michael G., 58 years old

City: McNary, AZ

Type of Brain Injury:  Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Explanation of Brain Injury:  When the hammer hits the head “I said ouch that hurts.” So my story starts and on that fateful day I laid in a pool of blood on that 102° degree day at 2pm on July 19th 1988. Reality is that my lifeline hung by a thread as I slipped ever close into death. Briefly I walked away in my life to pass over to the other side. Horriably as it is I live with the Lord as my shepard. His rules are simple and all he wants is live good in your life time.

Explanation of Mask:  I am a warrior and my injuries are real. You may not see them outside; but allow my feeling fit your words that are labels unknown to how I stand today. My pain is buried deep to the bone like a sharp knife it sends out the reminders of what happened that very day. Trauma is not a clock and has no end.