On August 19, 2022, I will be speaking the members and staff of the Brooks Rehabilitation Brain Injury Clubhouse in Jacksonville, Florida. I will be speaking on the topic of “Comprehensive History of Second Chance to Live — Answering the Call that never Came Presentation” through Zoom. To view an outline of the presentation, click on: Comprehensive History of Second … [Read more...]
Yesterday, August 11, was the 51st Anniversary of my Brain Injury
Yesterday, August 11 marked the 51st anniversary (August 11, 1967) of the accident that left me with an open skull fracture, right frontal lobe damage, a severe brain bruise with brainstem involvement. I remained in a coma for 3 weeks. I was 10 years old at the time. I also remained in traction for 6-7 weeks to set my left femur which fractured as I went up and over my Dad's … [Read more...]
Finding Craig — Making Sense of Brain Injury Part 8
First of all let me say, you and I are not our brain injuries. We are learning how to live and navigate through life with our brain injuries. We are learning to make sense of what is invisible. Making sense of our brain injuries gives us the ability to love and accept ourselves. Love and accept ourselves when other people can't or won't. Making sense of our brain injuries helps … [Read more...]
Overcoming Adversity and Setbacks
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. For those individuals who do not know me, my name is Craig J. Phillips. I am a survivor of a severe traumatic brain injury, resulting from an open skull fracture; in an automobile accident in 1967 when I was 10 years old. Although I was not expected to live the night of the accident, nor succeed beyond high school … [Read more...]
Second Chance to Live — 9th Year Anniversary
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. Today is the 9th year anniversary of when I put the plan into action. For many years I felt like some one all dressed up with nowhere to go. Despite my hard work and determination no one seemed to want what I had to bring to the table. After many, many years of trying to make my life "fit", academically and … [Read more...]