I graduated college after a severe traumatic brain injury.

Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

Graduated college with a double major

Former federal government employee

Hope

I found hope in the way my shoes carried me through a walk I almost didn’t take. They were Vans that my friend painted on and did a really good…
Lucius

I found love in a moment shared with an old friend. We sat in the Chinese food place in silence, but somehow the quiet said, “I love you.”
Joy

I found hope in a rainstorm once. I was walking home from the gas station near campus, and the plastic beg I was carrying burst. Then, I looked up and…
Cold

Once, in 2020, I “found” a plane ticket to the Virgin Islands after meeting a man on a certain website I used to frequent. We met briefly on video chat,…
My Convictions

Once, I found something that changed my life forever. I remember times before I found this – I recall becoming distraught the first time Sammy traded services for goods. I…
“You’re a witch, Velma”

This is the charm of a circled pentagon. I did not exactly find this, it was given to me in college by my friend Sammy, a foreign exchange student from…
Confidence

The coolest thing I’ve ever found and kept was confidence. As a child and for the first half of my teenage years, I was very shy. Then, in 2011, I…
Thank you, Frank

The coolest thing I’ve ever found and kept is my self-worth. Frank had an incredibly important role in me realizing my own self-worth. He always encouraged me to “know your…
Worth

My self-worth
Hope

I found hope the moment I stopped waiting for it to arrive—and realized it had been growing in silence inside me all along.