Gratitude

I’m excited to play Samoset’s seaside course and spend some time in the beautiful Rockland area, and this trip is another step in building a life after brain injury.

While the words gratitude and amazement may seem to be chosen without much thought, each  serve as appropriate descriptors of where I find myself almost seven thousand days into a new life after brain injury!

The 2025 edition marked BIANH’s 41st gathering focused on “Brain injury and stroke support, prevention, education, and advocacy for survivors and caregivers.”

I can only imagine Ann’s thoughts after we left. A recently opened pet store proprietor following an unsolicited visit from some guy accompanied by his obviously physically injured son claiming to be the founder of a large animal nutrition company!

I hope readers don’t find this latest post completely self-congratulatory. In fact, if anything I want to acknowledge the amazing work done by the ThinkFirst organization. Facilitating ThinkFirst’s great work is the NH Chapter Director Zoe McLaen and some amazing OT’s from Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network who present along with me!

Regardless, as I drove down the road a couple of days ago I had to recognize how far I’ve come. Although, I seem to forget how to do most household things and certainly laundry on the 3 hour flight down here!