Do you have to be memorable to write a memoir? Well known or extraordinary to be able to have a memoir? I think of this often with the impact I want to make on the world. Is making a difference in a small forgotten town enough? Am I even considered extraordinary? Everyone has a story to tell, is my self-discovery journey worth telling to anyone who will listen? What will I be known for, smiling? Falling asleep easily? Being the person with a story for everything and ideas sca

I wrote the following while stuck in this limbo of wanting to give up begging for medical treatment and accepting my fate as permanent. I didn't know how to voice to my therapist or neurologist about what I was going through. I always think about editing the grammar for this piece, I feel that the scattered bit of it adds to the conveyed feel of the piece. During my recovery I was still working full time. Thoughts in a split seconds knocked from my brain  I opened my eyes to