"Reader: You will be TRANSFORMED BY INJURY—vicariously and literally as you read this book of poems.
"There is a message in this poetry that is poignant and essential for all who are recovering from traumatic brain injury and for those who love them. This poetry will transform you: Mind, Body and Spirit. You will feel your skin prickle; your heart and lungs open and your mind relax in a way that prose would never penetrate. You will become aware of the greater importance of your Life experience, transformed by injury. You will know the stages and transitions that occur on the healing journey with Traumatic Brain Injury. You will experience a wakeup call mentally and spiritually to declare the purpose of your life. As you read A Life Interrupted, you will be interrupted to become more authentic and whole, while wholly different than before.
"This book should be required for every neurologist graduating from residency. It should be in every VA hospital for soldiers returning from war. It should be at the bedside of all who suffer at home. A caretaker should gently read these words out loud to heal and be healed.
"The book not only outlines the TBI journey
but specifies resources for healing. The best of the best therapy and therapists
in this country are listed at the end of the book. These approaches hold hope
for all who have chosen this challenging and difficult life in transition. To
those who work with TBI and those such as Louise Mathewson who live beyond it,
we owe our gratitude and awe."
Linda W. Peterson-St. Pierre,
Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor,
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Marriage &
Family Therapist
Author of Children in Distress: A Guide for
Screening Children’s Art, Clear Vision: The Power of Story
& Write Out Loud: A
Guide for Families who Live and Work in War and War-Like
Environments
“Shattering, haunting, humbling and
ultimately triumphant, this poetic memoir takes us deep into a damaged brain
and the courageous crawl back to a reclaimed life. Language, once lost, returns
to shimmer on the page, each poem an altar to the angel’s promise that in trauma
there is transformation. This collection will surely provide hope,
identification, and voice for those who struggle with TBI, and those who love
and serve them. It is a brilliant and urgently needed addition to the literature
in therapeutic writing.”
Kathleen Adams, LPC
Director, Center
for Journal Therapy & Therapeutic Writing Institute
“Life can change in a
moment. This collection of poems by Louise Mathewson provides record of a
shattering car accident and the aftermath of a brain injury. Ms. Mathewson
awakens from a coma to find her self and her life irrevocably changed. At first,
she is unable to walk or make herself understood. Her brain could no longer
abstract or remember. Although the setbacks are many, she is able to begin
again. The collection will provide hope to patients ‘transformed by injury’ and
their families. Writing itself proves to be a transformative act. The poems
reveal her strong spirit, resilience and the step by step journey of
recovery.”
Sheila Packa
Duluth Poet Laureate 2010-2012
&
author of The Mother Tongue, Echo &
Lightning,
Cloud Birds &
Migrations: Poetry and Prose for Life’s
Transitions
“A Life
Interrupted is a must read for anyone who has experienced loss,
illness, crisis, or traumas—physical or emotional. This heart rendering
account of one person’s journey from chaos to serenity leads to the discovery
that ‘Traumas are about transformation.’ Mathewson takes you from the
path
of shock and confusion onto one of hope and possibilities.
I loved
every word.”
Alice C. Nixon MSW, LCSW
Trauma Specialist
www.BrainBreakthrough.com & www.LetsAskAlice.com
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