Welcome to Realistic Hope Survivors, their families, caregivers and friends tell us that realistic hope provides a foundation for better quality of life. This site is intended to be a place to help all of us touched by brain injury to find that foundation.
Read MoreFive years ago ... I set out to understand the assumptions, habits and blind spots that are limiting the quality of life of brain injury survivors and their families. The process was to ask survivors and family members to share their stories of life with a brain injury, all in a consistent format.
Read MoreShare you did! Hundreds of their responses are on this site. Take the time to read a few. You will likely find each will provide some unique insight. The most noted insight is a consistent message: Have hope that is realistic; hope that your world can be better.
Read MoreWhat is Realistic Hope… “Realistic Hope: — based on dreams that are achievable—provides wonderful incentive for living. Those dreams make life an adventure. They offer a reason to start each day as if it were the beginning of the rest of your life. They infect dreamers with the passion to live for the enjoyment of today and give them a never-ending supply of options for starting over again tomorrow.” - Mark Palmer
Read MoreThe Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness In his book Jerome Groopman M.D. describes Realistic Hope as true hope. True hope, he says, "takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them." Hope can flourish when you believe that your actions make a difference; that they can create "a future different from the present." To have hope is to "acquire a belief in your ability to have some control over your circumstances."
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Your Roadmap for Success
Mark Palmer
Keynote
4th ANNUAL VENTURA COUNTY
BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 8:30am to 2pm
The Experts Say...
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“Tell me about coming home:” - Survivors
Question number 8 of the survey: “Tell me about coming home:” “My return home was glorious. My friends ...
“Tell me about coming home:” - Family
Family/Caregiver Responses “In April 1986, we brought Ed home and he entered a German school for specia...
He Never Liked Cake
I was 14 years old, sitting in a hospital, waiting for my father’s fate to determine my family’s fate, when a ...
“Tell me about coming home:” - Friends
Friends of Survivor Question number 8 of the survey: “Tell me about coming home:” “He and his wife w...
"Tell Us About Life Today" - Survivors
The following are sample responses to question number 10 - “Tell us about life today” “Through hope and...
"Tell Us About Life Today" - Friends
Friends “They still struggle. This was only last summer. She is very tired. He meltdown a lot. _________...
"Tell Us About Life Today" - Family
Family “1 day at a time and the Good Lord to lead us.” ___________________________________ ...
Traveling the Road to Hope
Our goal is to raise $13,447.50
Forty years in the making – convinced that we would never execute, our wives supported every one of our plans.
Two brother-in-laws – bucket list - a trip across Route 66 in a vintage car. A road offering hope to many, hope of a better life and a chance to realize their dreams one mile at a time.
Flushing men traveling in Corvair now in Arizona - ABC 12 – WJRT – Flint, MI http://t.co/IssZgAClzO http://t.co/CeS5aG1UkW $ 4 Brain Injury