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Never Would I Have Believed...

Looking back over the 10 years since her husband sustained a severe TBI, Rosemary realizes what she has learned and how she has grown.

Coping with Fear

The day before Rosemary's husband’s severe traumatic brain injury was the last day she felt truly safe in the world.

Caregivers Helping Caregivers

Rosemary writes about how to answer the dreaded question, "How are you?"

Catapulted into Caregiving

April 13, 2002 started like any other Saturday morning for the Rawlins family. In her blog, Rosemary talks about the phone call that changed everything.

Welcome to My Caregiving Blog

"I never planned to be a caregiver. I don’t think many people do ... " Read the first entry of our new caregiving blog by Rosemary Rawlins.

Learning About Ambiguous Loss

Rosemary talks about how frantic she felt inside after her husband's TBI — he was still alive but he was not the same.

Becoming a Voice for Wounded Warriors

It took almost nine years for Marine Michael Grywalsky to get the help he needed for TBI and PTSD. Without the tenacity of his wife, he may never have gotten it.

Finding Some Semblance of Healing

It was when her injured veteran husband said "yet," that Andrea Sawyer was truly terrified.

A Crash Too Late

Seven years after having to leave her beloved sport of alpine ski racing, Lesley LeMasurier shares her story and sage advice.

Helping Marines Get Unstuck

Using a common sense approach, Major Charles Hall helps injured Marines find their way forward.

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Rise and Shine

An excerpt from a stunning book about what it means to return to live after a near-death experience.

Fighting the "TBI Wars": New Alternatives for TBI Survivors

In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway wrote, “The world breaks us all, then after, some are strong at the broken places.”

Crash

Two teenagers. A dark road. A drunk driver. This excerpt is from a beautiful book about the journey from grief to gratitude to grace by a pediatrician-mother.

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Growing Up with Brain Injury

This is a glimpse into the life of a girl whose father sustained a brain injury. Her life continues to be defined by the moment of her father's car crash — for better and for worse.

What Is Your It?

"It" is the recipient of all of your best.What is your "it"?

Bring on the Steeple Chase!

"For the brain injured, for anyone needing to restart their lives after all of their normal has been stripped, the Olympics provide a serious, wonderful, hopeful dose of what is possible in each of us."

Writing for Two

For physician, writer, and mother Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, writing was the way she made sense of the world, but after her son sustained a brain injury, she found she was also writing for him.

Locked In

Have you ever dreamt that you were terrified, you screamed, but nothing came out? Imagine you are paralyzed, too. You can’t shield your face with your hands or run away, but you see, hear, and understand everything coming at you.