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Letter to a 21 Year-Old Me

Letter to a 21 Year-Old Me

Posted on April 18, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Top Posts, Writing2 Replies

9 years ago, I experienced my first Seizure. Today, I write a letter to my 21-year-old self, who has no idea what is coming.

On Facing Death, 7 Years Later

On Facing Death, 7 Years Later

Posted on December 7, 2018Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Tech, Top Posts22 Replies

On December 7th, 2011, my family woke up before dawn and began getting ready to step out into the darkness.  My father, my mother, and I rode in relative silence on the 30 minute drive to Baltimore from our house.  Usually, there is traffic, but so early in the morning, there were barely any cars…

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April Nineteenth Two Thousand Eleven

April Nineteenth Two Thousand Eleven

Posted on April 19, 2018Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Top Posts9 Replies

When I first came to, it was as though I was floating up to the surface of a pool. I felt weightless, slowly being pulled up into the world of the living from the soundless depths of water. I wanted to go back.  It was so peaceful down there. So dark and peaceful.  Here… Here was…

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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