A Miracle a Day, One Day at a Time: Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury

Grappling with recovery after brain injury is an uncharted, grueling, and exhaustive gauntlet. Dawn Corbelli shares the good, the bad, the ugly, and ultimately the extremely positive and beautiful. I wholeheartedly recommend this book. Full review inside.
Michael Nunley, Ph.D.
Clinical Neuropsychologist

Miracle a Day, One Day at a Time is an incredible memoir. Prepare to hear what courage is. Prepare to see the strength that comes from faith and love. This book is a revealing gift
that gives knowledge and inspiration to anyone that goes through as many tears as it takes to know Dawn and Veronica's story.

Kenneth D. Allred, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist

A Miracle a Day, One Day at a Time: Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury is a gripping memoir about a family's recovery after a near fatal car accident in Colorado Springs. Dawn Corbelli and her 15-year-old daughter Veronica sustained traumatic brain injuries. This book contains an emotional reminiscence of the past 12 years as they tried to put their lives back together.

Dawn Corbelli is dedicated to helping others realize what life with a brain injury entails and to help brain injury survivors, caregivers, family, and friends know they are not alone in their experience.

My daughter Veronica and I now speak at high schools about our traumatic brain injury journey and educate anyone who will listen by doing interviews, radio shows, and podcasts. dawncorbelli.com

This memoir contains adult content that is inappropriate for children.

Dawn Corbelli served in the Air Force for three and a half years as a young adult and has a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Behavioral Science. She considers being married for 35 years so far, one of the greatest achievements of her life. Being a stay-at-home mom for many years, until her children approached adulthood, is something that was incredibly meaningful and fulfilling. Her family is her priority. Although struggling with mental illness and traumatic brain injury makes achieving some goals difficult for her, she is a tenacious fighter and does not give up. As an employee of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Colorado, Dawn was presented the "Giraffe Award" which is an award given annually to an individual that "sticks their neck out." This award acknowledges that with courage and determination, she increased mental illness awareness and reduced stigma by expressing herself in the media and by giving presentations to groups. She taught classes to families and friends of the mentally ill about mental illness. Dawn's dream of becoming an author has finally come to fruition. Dawn Corbelli is an advocate dedicated to helping others realize what life with a brain injury entails and to help brain injury survivors, caregivers, their families, and friends, know they are not alone. Dawn is her daughter Veronica's caregiver as she has a severe traumatic brain injury from the same car accident Dawn sustained her moderate traumatic brain injury in 16 years ago. Together they teach high school health classes, educating students, teachers, and counselors about brain injuries. Dawn has a positive outlook on life and continues to keep her strong faith in the Lord. Dawn Corbelli currently lives in Colorado Springs, CO, with her husband Greg, and both of her daughters, Kylie and Veronica.