In August of 1996, Heidi was able to attend Camp Bruce McCoy with the help of my sister, Cindy. The campers, like Heidi, had experienced traumatic brain injury. Only Heidi was the most brain injured of this group, by far. The other campers did not have their lives back and it was traumatizing for them. The counselors headed up a project to help them work through some of the issues that haunted them.
Thus "I Am Recovery" was born.
The campers all painted on a mural then wrote about what they had painted. Many of the entries were heartrending. You could hear the anger and agony through many of the written words. For some reason, Heidi's were just a little different.
A description of one of the things Heidi painted:
A green frog jumps with happiness as it celebrates the simple joy of being alive.
"After recovering from surgery I was happy and jumping for joy and others were amazed that I recovered also. This is represented by the green frog jumping on the art piece. We are all still alive and living. Life is an amazing gift. God has given each of us our lives and no one can take it away from us". H.K.
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