Today’s the Anniversary of My Almost-Death

I almost died. On November 7, 1983, I was struck by a car while riding my bicycle to school. The girl who hit me freaked and fled the scene, leaving me knocked out and sprawled out in the middle of the street. Fortunately someone spotted me before I was run over (again) and called 911. I was in a coma for a week. The brain injury was inoperable. The damage was most severe in the area my brain responsible for speech. No one knew whether I would ever speak again… if I ever woke up. Clearly I DID wake up, … Continue reading