Author Archives: Danielle!

About Danielle!

A young professional Longwood University alum, with a traumatic brain injury having previously worked in the Therapeutic Recreation field with the elderly at nursing homes in Fairfax, VA. Now as a TBI advocate, trying to help others learn more about TBIs is involved in support groups, as well as very involved in crocheting, and the Prayer Shawl Ministry at my church. I also am working part-time at a library.

I look out, and it looks like fall, [FEELS LIKE 85DEGREES–WHAT??] Walking around this cute little neighborhood, And I see my tree… but they all have such beautiful colors… While walking my dog, clearing my mind, breathing the air- I … Continue reading →

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Danielle! | 1 Comment

What? What was I doing? Talking? Talking about what? Talking in circles? RIGHT. Thus has been my day. Always feeling less accomplished. And today would just happen to be #NationalStressAwarenessDay; And stress is what I’ve been feeling as of … Continue reading →

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Danielle! | Leave a comment

TIMELESS, AND HOW EVERY MOMENT MATTERS If I had waited, been more cautious to pull my car out of the intersection, if my response time had been a millisecond faster and I sped off never to be hit by that … Continue reading →

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Danielle! | 2 Comments

Thus far…

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Danielle!

Sometimes life sucks, and circumstances suck, but that’s life. There’s nothing else you can say or do about it. I, of all people, think I know that best. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Sigh. In 1997, there … Continue reading →

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I am very so thankful to be helping out with the Girls’ group at church! We are starting to create prayer journals, or just thought journals, that are craftsy; they involve (or mine’s going to involve) mostly words and thoughts, … Continue reading →

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Danielle! | Leave a comment

Let me set the scene: a campfire on a chilly night roasting marshmallows, sitting on logs talking about our highs and lows of the week with my favorite Girls’ youth group in the Pumpkin patch at our church! A … Continue reading →

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Danielle! | 1 Comment

What I WISH I knew before starting college as a Therapeutic Recreation major #1 YOU NEED TO LIKE PEOPLE. Like working with people all the time, and like working with the difficulties and challenges they have. Working with other people is … Continue reading →

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Danielle! | Leave a comment

What am I thankful for this week? There is so much positive happening, is there a reason NOT to be thankful? OF COURSE NOT! The most important thing is that happening is that THE BOOK IS GETTING PUBLISHED!! AND I … Continue reading →

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Danielle! | 3 Comments

I think that I just had the best week in a long time. At the end of July 2016, my church Messiah United Methodist in Springfield, Virginia had Vacation Bible school. I volunteered to lead the 1/2 hour recreation session … Continue reading →

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Danielle! | 1 Comment

HAPPY SEPTEMBER 1ST! It is the beginning of meteorological fall! [Copyright: Chee-Onn Leong, license: Fotolia.com] OK, so the ground does not EXACTLY look like that yet, but I have noticed a leaf here and there turning color and falling … Continue reading →

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Danielle! | 2 Comments