Other than the torrential rains this morning, today was a great day. Lee Woodruff is a phenomenal speaker. She addressed a room full of 300+ brain injury survivors, care givers and health professionals with humor, energy and compassion. She shared a few excerpts from her newest book, Perfectly Imperfect, A Life in Progress and advocated support for the military troops affected by traumatic brain injuries. The conference was all about raising awareness to the "silent epidemic" of brain injury. Often called the invisible injury, people of all ages are affected through athletic injuries, the military, automobile accidents, falls and stroke. Every individual injury unique to the survivor and many times not visually obvious to the outside world. Now it is up to us to educate those around us to recognize this epidemic and effectively help those affected by it. Lee left us with much to think about and this advice. "Be in the moment" she urged. Take time each day to simply reflect on your life at that moment without all the external white noise. And a favorite quote that sums up what many of us have come to learn on our most difficult journey, "there's almost no pain that can't be erased by humor". And with that I will wish everyone a wonderful week end. Go Bucks!
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