Path to Acceptance: Art Installation Day 5 “Acceptance”

When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor,  decided to represent (more…)

Path to Acceptance: Art Installation Day 4 “Anxiety”

When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor,  decided to represent (more…)

Path to Acceptance: Art Installation Day 3 “Grief”

When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor,  decided to represent (more…)

Path to Acceptance: Art Installation Day 2 “Stress”

When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor,  decided to represent (more…)

Path to Acceptance: Art Installation Day 1 “Disbelief”

When someone experiences a brain injury, the whole family experiences this, too. The most common emotions and feelings family members and caregivers experience according to experts are disbelief, stress, grief/sadness, anxiety, and in time, acceptance. Erin Thompson, a Washington State high school student, artist, BEST volunteer and family member of a survivor, decided to represent (more…)