Spiritual Reflections on Living With Traumatic Brain Injury

Disability Difficulties

Posted: December 19, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
I had surgery on my thumb on December 2 in Charlotte, NC.  At first I had to wear a fairly big cast which meant I couldn’t use my left arm at all.  Two weeks later, they put on the purple cast which is the perfect color for Advent. This picture was taken at choir practice […]
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Glimmer of Light

Posted: November 25, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
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Yesterday was a red-letter day!  I started to see a little glimmer shine through my darkness.  It is surprising since it happened on the coldest day of the year so far and I HATE cold weather.  I’m trying to get hold of that little glimmer and make it grow.  I’m pretty sure I’ll be able […]
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Hope in God

Posted: November 11, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
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In all these years since my brain injury there have been phases where I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other because I want my old life back.  When I’m in one of these phases everything looks bleak and I have difficulty pushing myself to do anything but read the […]
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Groaning

Posted: August 31, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
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This picture was on the front of the worship bulletin at GCPC on Sunday August 25, with the following quotation by Richard Rohr: “The people who know God well – the mystics, the hermits, those who risk everything to find God – always meet a lover, not a dictator. God is never found to be […]
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Death

Posted: August 22, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
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I went to the Psalms today because I knew I’d be able to find one that would help me with my current mood.  Two friends recently died and I’m trying to deal with my emotions.   I’ve learned if I don’t express them in some way they become buried inside which hurts only me. I found […]
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Adam’s Way

Posted: August 12, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
When I was in Toronto, I went on a field trip to visit the L’Arche community where Henri Nouwen spent the last decade of his life.  He wrote a book called Adam: God’s Beloved about his experience working as Adam’s assistant.   L’Arche communities are all across the world now. These communities began when Jean Vanier […]
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