Author: dawncorbelli

“I’m a burden.” she said. Words a mother never wants to hear come out of her child’s mouth. I spoke to a friend about our trials this week and she wrote, “I can only imagine how difficult it was to hear someone you love more than yourself ask you why you let them save her.”… Continue reading “Why Did You Let the Doctors Save Me?” She Cried

All Veronica did was ask if I had green nail polish. I told her “No.” And in that second it hit me. I finally know why I was so angry and that now it is time to forgive myself for my actions. A few years ago I threw a bag of nail supplies, an entire… Continue reading Why Did I React This Way?

The world moves too fast sometimes, and that’s when we must pull back the reigns and rest. Sometimes the good and healthy things in life are hard to find time for. Many people have trouble finding balance in their lives. It is a juggling act for all of us. Fatigue is what gets in my… Continue reading Injured Brains Need Extra Rest

Years ago, now, Veronica was horribly sexually taken advantage of, twice. I hate to use the word rape, but that is exactly what it was. In the beginning after Veronica’s severe traumatic brain injury, she became very sexually oriented. The doctors told us that was a normal condition for many having brain injuries. We said,… Continue reading Taken Advantage of

The day we went to court to get guardianship of our precious Veronica is a very memorable one, in a good way. The main reason we needed to do this is because she was contemplating running off to another state to marry her boyfriend that did not want us in her life. They planned on… Continue reading I Object