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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury


Yoga and Randy the chef
October 26, 2023: Ok, the day is over and I'll start now. Today I had my meds at 8:30am with egg and avocado toast. We had another silent...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 23, 20232 min read


Journaling and Ian in the kitchen
October 25, 2023: Well let's do another post that feels like I'm texting. Did the meds at 8:28 this morning with a pancake and two pieces...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 23, 20232 min read


Sharing stories and Hillary the nurse
This is the first photo of the day that I ever took, a picture of the sink, which I described as me feeling like a "jumble" on April 22,...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 23, 20233 min read


Retreat and dinner with Monica
October 23, 2023: Alright I'm phone writing. Meds at 8:08am with two eggs, though I ate the food at like 7:45am and forgot the meds for a...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 23, 20232 min read


Puzzles, walk, and Woody’s (all with the Doucettes)
October 22, 2023: Ok, today has so far been another Doucette day. It’s not over yet, so I’ll write the rest when I’m more done with the...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 22, 20234 min read


Coffee and puzzle and crab boil with Doucettes
October 21, 2023: Ok, this is a hard day because I have too many photos of decent moments. Basically, I had my meds at 8:22am with a 7g...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 21, 20232 min read


Yoga with Debi, training with Bernie, travel with mom
October 20, 2023: Alright, so a lot happened today. I’m just gonna get the photos in here and then talk from them. First things first, I...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 20, 20234 min read


Puzzle with Papa and Talia, and Open Door with Italia and Terrill
October 19, 2023: Ok, I kind of did an awful job on photos today. I was trying to do the thing where I don’t just fill it with random...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 19, 20234 min read


JCC with Chloe, tree and pickle pizza with Hannah
October 19, 2023: Ok I’ll go for this now. Today was a very good day. Maybe some time in the future I’ll stop being surprised when that...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 18, 20235 min read


Margarita at Methodist, Mikel at Open Door, Calabazas
October 17, 2023: Well, this was a very nice day, mainly because of some important thoughts I had. Gotta look at the notes now. I cooked...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 17, 20234 min read


Fusion with Liam, Target trip
October 16, 2023: Oh my God I wrote a TON yesterday. My text was also smaller than usual to fit on the page. Let’s go to today now. I...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 16, 20234 min read


Quixotic, dinner with Papa, Jodi, Bill and Grandma, talk with Talia
October 15, 2023: Alright, I know where to begin, but I’ve just gotta say that I’ve had some amazing thoughts today. It’ll be hard to fit...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 15, 20235 min read


Methodist, TBI Conference with Kerry Briner and TBI survivor talk
October 14, 2023: Alright let’s go for it. I slept at home last night! It was nice, and made me feel quite a bit more independent. I...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 14, 20234 min read


Yoga with Jordan, Canasta with Rosie and Papa, "Art" with Caroline and Hannah
October 13, 2023: Alright, I’ll pop a little bit in this before I see my friends. So today, I woke up quite tired because I hadn’t gone...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 13, 20234 min read


Game night, GN with Telisha, random BeReal, group pic from GN
October 12, 2023: Well dang it’s after midnight so I guess technically I’m writing this on the 13th. I had a pretty nice day today,...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 13, 20234 min read


Yoga with Debi, Poké with Jodi and Papa, Creative Process with Sheila
October 11, 2023: Alright, today was a pretty good day, full of several different things. Ok, let’s go through the day. This morning, I...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 11, 20233 min read


Methodist with Angel and Kathy, Open Door with Mikell, and OD with Italia
October 10, 2023: Well my significant thought of the day is that Open Door is significantly better than Methodist. I had a decent time at...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 10, 20234 min read


Home Depot with Jodi, Spanish class with Amy, Papa with puzzle
October 9, 2023: Alright, let’s get this started. Today was a surprisingly alright day, even though nothing spectacular happened and I...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 9, 20234 min read


Me with jigsaw puzzle
October 8, 2023: Alright, had my meds at 8:05am this morning, with vanilla and blueberries & cream yogurts. I also charged my watch since...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 8, 20232 min read


Brunch at McCormick & Shmicks, sculpure garden, puzzle
October 7, 2023: Ok, so today I had my meds at 8:21am with some yogurt. I had some Zofran first too. Then I felt a touch tired, and glad...

anyatbirecovery
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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