During a recent conversation with a native New Yorker friend during this frigid and dank winter, we began talking of our dreams of warmer weather and nearby beaches. The repartée landed on talk of some destinations I knew of, like, The Hamptons, Long Beach, the Far Rockaways and finally, …
Read MoreBrain-injured or not, competition is competition. Today I am brain-injured, but I wasn’t always. Having lived for 21 years before suffering a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), I now know life both with, and without, the condition.
Read MoreThursday, September 5th just passed. It was the first day, after summer break, for all public schools in New York City. The activity this brought to my neighborhood was something I wasn’t expecting.
Read MoreThese days in NYC, dating apps and websites are the ways for people to meet and connect either romantically, or platonically. People that otherwise would never have had the chance to be introduced to each other, now have that chance, without a third part even being needed.
Read MoreOn a late afternoon in early spring I was already feeling drowsy after a bad night’s sleep the night before. While feeling sleepy, I casually I felt into the side pocket of my purse because I feared that something had gone amiss in my tired state.
Read MoreLet’s be honest, call a spade a spade, all those things…rude, inconsiderate people exist everywhere. There’s no escaping them. If anything, they will find you, wherever you are, so no use trying to avoid them.
Read MoreStarting in February of 2006, I’ve been living in New York City. Having just been hit by a car in 2001 and suffering a brain injury, I still needed constant assistance when I first moved to The Big Apple. During those initial years of living in NYC…
Read MoreOne activity I do on a consistent basis today is neurofeedback, a type of biofeedback. After having initially had a brain scan taken, I now have sensors attached to my scalp over the most affected lobes and neurofeedback uses real-time displays of brain activity to teach self-regulation of its function.
Read MoreHolidays have the capability to cross borders. In the case of Christmas 2018, that’s exactly what happened. One of my best friends from home, her husband, and their two daughters made my Christmas all the more special this year.
Read MoreOne afternoon I approached two employees in the lobby of my residential building, and a retail agent in the shop on my block, to ask them all the same question. I asked what the holidays mean to each of them. Here’s what they said: To porter, Ace, the holidays mean “love and happiness.”
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