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


New apartment
June 3, 2022: Today I took a photo out the window of my new apartment. I’m sure that tomorrow’s photos is gonna be of that too. Maybe the...

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Caroline and Max
June 1, 2022: This is positive photo today. It’s of Caroline and Max while we watched the crimes of Gindelwald movie. We also had pizza...

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Office
May 31, 2022: Ya know this is one of a TBI therapist's office. I think I’m seeing her because Whitney said she didn’t know that much...

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Hannah's empty room
May 30, 2022: This is my negative photo of the day because it’s Hannah’s empty room. We moved out yesterday. I wish I was still living...

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Worldle
May 30, 2022: This is both a positive and negative photo because it’s today’s Wordle. I like the Worldle. Often the best part of my...

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Red sweater
May 26, 2022: This is a photo at the food bank today. I wasn’t taking it for the photo of the day but I did take it. Not quite sure why....

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Tomato paste
May 24, 2022: This is a random picture I took yesterday. It’s of tomato paste that I bought for Hannah to make dinner. I guess I can use...

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Grandma
May 20, 2022: I don’t know if this is a positive photo or a negative photo. I mean it’s of my grandma. We played scrabble which was...

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Gibson
May 20, 2022: This is the gym which is honestly one of the few positives in my life. I hate this apartment passionately but I like the...

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Coffee
May 19, 2022: I suppose in a way this is a positive photo. It’s of my coffee, which is honestly one of the best parts of my day. That and...

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Hannah's room
May 18, 2022: This is my positive photo for the day. It’s of Hannah’s room. I’m gonna miss her so much once I move out and she moves out....

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Vase
May 18, 2022: This is honestly a terrible photo but whatever. I also took a photo of the trash but that seemed boring. I guess this is...

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Holman's Table
May 17, 2022: This is my photo from dinner tonight. It was with Bella, Hannah and Caroline. It was a great night. I got to have two...

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Jeff
May 15, 2022: I took this photo of my dad because he’s a massive part of my life right now unfortunately. This was yesterday when we went...

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Keep off
May 11, 2022: May 11, 2022: Today I took a photo of the sign under the dock that says please keep off the dune. That’s because right now...

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Hallway
May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022: I took this photo in the hallway because I feel trapped in this apartment. I took some others outside but...

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Different trash
May 4, 2022: I decided to take a photo of the trash again because I feel like I’m being treated like trash. This one is more interesting...

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Sink
May 3, 2022 May 3, 2022: This messy sink captures how I feel. It’s just discarded and left behind No one thinks about it or cares that...

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Red haired woman
April 30, 2022 April 30, 2022: This woman was at the 5K Fun Run for Kids in Capes at Normandale Bandshell today. I’m glad I got the...

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Artwork
April 29, 2022: April 29, 2022: I decided to take another positive photo today. It was of the artwork that Caroline did of me. It’s...

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