A Long Way Back
Posted: August 14, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: awareness, TBI history, word finding
In today’s Asheville Citizen Times, there was an article on the front page about Jordan Allen who sustained a TBI two years ago. http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110814/NEWS/308140041/Asheville-High-student-continues-recover-two-years-after-accident . The picture above is of Jordan and his mother, Tracee Workman. Workman is quoted as saying “Jordan was supposed to go to a step-down facility after CarePartners….But Workman says Jordan […]
Read more...Against the Wind
Posted: August 12, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
This is my second post on two different sermons I heard last week on Matthew 14:22-23 (see “Water Walk on August 8). Mark Ramsey, the Pastor at Grace Covenant Presbyterian, preached this one and like Ken’s, I found ways it applied to me as a TBI survivor. Mark said,”But while he was praying, the wind […]
Read more...Over-stimulation
Posted: August 11, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
It’s happened again and I hate it. Prior to my TBI I could do things all the time. Now too much stimulation and I get tired. Even though I know this and am careful to avoid too much activity, sometimes I can’t help it. When I say “activity” I mean paying attention to everything. I […]
Read more...The Water Walk
Posted: August 8, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
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I attend two different churches. One meets in the morning and the other in the afternoon. I don’t always attend both services but I find it interesting when the two preachers both choose the day’s lectionary passage as is what happened yesterday. The passage was Matthew 14:22-33. Both sermons spoke to my TBI in an […]
Read more...Children
Posted: August 7, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: overstimulation, TBI history
I married late in life but I never had a burning desire to have children. I always assumed I would have them but I wasn’t in any hurry. I loved being around other people’s children and I especially liked doing the children’s time at church. I remember when I first started doing it, I worried […]
Read more...Internet
Posted: August 3, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: overwhelmed, stress
I wish it didn’t take so little for me to get overwhelmed and stressed. My life now must consist of well made plans and sometimes, it drives me a little nuts. If someone throws me a curve ball, I don’t do well. People with TBI need consistency and a steady schedule. The problem is, I’ve […]
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