A couple years back, I used to go to open mics (a place where I can sing or play shaker,bl or play drums in front of people, for fifteen minutes and there is no money exchange. It is just good old fun). So, I performed on stage at Sky Bar and some other open mics. I usually play my shaker and sing some songs, mainly about my injury. Plus I did gigs with a band at some local bars here in Southern Arizona. I sang a song and played drums. I have done numerous gigs with my shaker back in the day, with a group called Widows Hill.
I have a bachelor’s in social work so I did plenty of speeches about social concerns such as child abuse, family discord, domestic violence, and other social problems.
I used to work at the Blake Foundation’s traumatic brain injury program as a service coordinator, which means I provided a link between service providers and clients. In that program, I gave speeches about my traumatic brain injury and how it affected me. Some speeches were better than others, but I got through them all right. Thank you for reading.