Time for an update on Benjamin. Benjamin continues to live in Colorado and is doing very well. He lives in an assisted living home for young TBI survivors. Ben is active and healthy. He handles his activities of daily living well. He reads, loves word find puzzles, takes long walks, and uses an iPad for frequent texting and FaceTime calls. He has friends in his house and honestly makes new friends every time he steps out of the house for activities or errands. The house is in a beautiful suburban neighborhood and looks just like every other home in the area. Ben is not in an institution ..read more

Just for fun! Ben doing a parody of a TV cooking show. Love his sense of humor ..read more

Ben continues to live and learn at the neurorecovery center. Jim visited him this weekend. He and Ben went to the movies and enjoyed dinner at a local restaurant. Chicken fried steak has become Ben's favorite meal. Today staff members from the neurorecovery center took Ben to church. Our cousin, Elizabeth, then took Ben to lunch and to the park. Ben sent pictures from his iPad taken at the park. he is "clowning" around. It is a beautiful day. There is pure joy written all over his face.  Elizabeth told me later on the phone that she and her husband had taken Ben to lunch after church wit ..read more

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Today is a beautiful day in Colorado. It has been almost a year since the last update on Benjamin. He continues to live in the Denver area in a program for brain injury survivors. I had the opportunity yesterday to bring 2 new friends to visit Ben. Seeing Ben’s situation through their eyes helped affirm that Ben is where he needs to be. The friends were amazed at the bright and well decorated program house.They mentioned that the expected institutionalized atmosphere is totally absent. After looking at a calendar of activities, Ben’s active life was apparent. A tour of Ben’s room sports a wall ..read more