Friends, come on this journey with me and face the impossible, or as I would like to call it ‘IM-POSSIBLE.’ My name is Molly Cain and I am a 26 year old traumatic brain injury THRIVER. My family was told early on, 4 years ago, March 30, 2012, when I was still in a coma; that I would never live independently and probably would not walk again. If I lived.
I have worked my butt off harder than imagined possible. I am talking physical work, yes, but mentally too. I had to shift my way of thinking to find the best scenario possible with the accident and the lingering affects of this hidden disability. I found new outlets, instead of getting frustrated, when I could not perform a task or what was being asked of me. Mentally, I did not just have to work on rebuilding my brain and new pathways. I also had to work on breathing and leaving this in god’s hands.Doing what felt right, leading me to where I wanted to be.
I have been on this path of rebuilding for 4 years and it is a path and journey that will never end. However, today marks a 4 year victory and accomplishment for me. The accomplishment to overcome and push through. This being said, I have signed up to do my FIRST triathlon since MArch 30, 2012, the day that changed the rest of my life. I am doing a Sprint Triathlon for Desert’s Edge, in Fruita, Colorado. I am utterly thrilled to overcome a few more obstacles and to check them off of the list. Swimming was a passion of mine as I was a fish and I grew up in water, until I suffered a TBI and suffered a deviated septum. The swim coach and I start tomorrow but when I was in the pool last week I felt confident that everything will work out and that I will finish.
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