Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Source: Century Martial Arts
“The Journey of Tori Lynn Andreozzi” has recently been featured on Century Martial Arts website. Century's Journeys stories focus on the unconquerable spirit of incredible martial artists, whose journeys expand the vision of all who listen. View Tori's story.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Source: WPRI.com
The Rhode Island Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving hosted a breakfast at the Crowne Plaza the morning of Friday September 23rd to honor local law enforcement officers and others for their efforts in helping to reduce drunk driving in the state.
Among those bestowed with honors were representatives of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office, including assistant attorney general Steven Regine, who was named Statewide Prosecutor of the Year.
The organization also honored school resource officers, educators, and others.
Eyewitness News anchor Shannon Hegy emceed the event.
For more details and a full list of categories and winners click here.
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
The week of March 14th Our State House dome will be lite in blue in honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month.
You can support BIARI every Tuesday in March by dining at Not Your Average Joe's on Bald Hill Rd. Warwick and 15% of your check will be donated to BIARI.
Use the coupon below to make your donation:
Monday, February 01, 2016
The annual Youth In Action Program took place on Saturday, January 30th at Rhode Island College. Forty youth participants representing 13 communities across the state attended the program, where they learned about environmental strategies to make a difference in their towns and in the state of Rhode Island. The youth learned about seat belt safety, distracted driving, alcohol in the media, and alcohol compliance checks. At the end of the program, each participant signed up for a committee that is part of MADD RI’s Youth Coalition. This coalition is made up of youth that have attended Youth In Action, and meets monthly to work on MADD RI initiatives regarding law enforcement, media, and legislation.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Source: Turn to 10
Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, Turn to 10 ran a report on drunk driving which featured Tori's story as part of the news segment. Cathy Andreozzi also spoke about the power of choices and reprentatives from the State Police were interviewed about their efforts to prevent drunk driving deaths on the roads this holiday season.
You can read the report here or see the video below.
Sunday, April 05, 2015
12 years ago on the night before Easter while in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, I sat vigil throughout the night by my daughters bedside. We were on the cusp of change. Decisions had to be made. Choices, which would affect what direction we would take and ultimately what the future could be for our family.
12 years later on the night before Easter again I sit vigil through the night, this time watching her sleep peacefully in her own bed. Once again we are on the cusp of change. I can see it – I can feel it.
Over the past month or more the number 12:12 has been reoccurring. It is everywhere I turn. A few weeks ago I turned to an intuitive friend to ask for guidance and interpretation. He explained when combined as the number 12, the angels are sending you the message to stay positive about the future possibilities which are unfolding before you. They want you to ask for help, to trust and to stay optimistically focused on your highest possible future. It is a reminder your angels are supporting you in manifesting your goals, dreams, intent and life purpose. You are on the verge of a positive change.
I believe in the power of positivity. It is fitting that this “verge of a positive change” comes at Easter, a time of rebirth and renewal. Like the bulbs ready to emerge from the soil or the buds ready to spring open, so is our optimism, focus and intent.
Wishing all a Blessed and Happy Easter
Thursday, March 26, 2015
This morning a family, just cities away faced unfathomable heartbreak. Twelve years ago our family could have had the same ending. Somehow, she and we survived.
It has been a journey filled with uncertainty, fear and pain. It has also been filled with unconditional love, gratitude and joy.
I woke this morning with both of my children and future daughter-in-law all under one roof. I am blessed. Another family started their day not realizing it was the last they would have together.
Life as you know it can change in a moment. Treasure the ones that count. Don’t trivialize or take them for granted and don’t give magnitude to those that do not.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. For those living with brain injury there is no one month, no one season that brain injury is most prevalent. It is always there. In recognition of the 5.3 million Americans living with TBI-related illnesses, the Brain Injury Association of America has chosen for its theme for 2015-2017; Not Alone.
It is a difficult road to travel and one which can be made easier with the availability of support.
There is something very special and comforting about being “with” someone who knows. Someone who knows you don’t need mindless chatter to fill the quiet space or that you just need someone to hold your hand. Someone who knows that look in your eye – knows when you are too tired to go on but you will because that is what you do. Someone who knows better than to tell you not to stay up all night or don’t cancel your plans but instead, gets you a pillow, a blanket and makes sure you have something to eat and something to help pass the time.
And, if you are not fortunate enough to be able to reach out and touch that someone who “gets” you and “gets” it in that conventional way…then it is just as comforting to know they are right there…across the keyboard…watching, waiting, thinking and pulling for you. In return, you have been able to bear virtual witness to their life and to experience the essence of who they are and for what they stand. You have seen each other through the good times and the bad. And when you log on and check in and see a notification confirming they are “there” – your heart knows you were never alone. For your kindred soul, your keyboard connection, your online friend is just a stroke away.
Friday, March 06, 2015
Early today a visit to the second floor of 2 Dudley Street brought back strong memories. It was there after valeting the van, exiting the elevator, walking away from the check in counter and finishing up with what has become our routine x-rays, the flashbacks came.
Momentarily I was disoriented. Lost, even; – in such familiar surroundings. This campus had been my home for over 25 years. Its buildings, tunnels and walkways, corridors, nooks and crannies had been mine to roam. Over the years I had been there at the break of dawn and in the dead of night. At one point in time it was that place where “everyone knew your name”. My history was interwoven with its growth-having been part of the launch of Lifespan television and even singing the National Anthem for the groundbreaking of the Emergency Room. Now, I felt a stranger wandering in the recesses of some nightmare.
And just like that I was back. And where I returned to was the sanctity of a physician who has held our hand and our hearts for just days shy of 12 years. Dr. Craig Eberson entered our life in the worst possible scenario. Our meeting was one of a frantic and urgent nature. And when on this cold March morning of 2015 he walked through the office door to greet us, I saw the same compassionate expression in his gentle eyes and felt the same grace and strength in his hands as I did all those years ago.
Our visits are always over too soon. Even though we are booked for triple the time allotted and take much more than that, it never seems enough. He marvels, swells with pride and says “remarkable” as much to describe the young woman before him as to describe her presentation as this point in the journey. Finally it is time to go-but, before we do our eyes lock and there is an unspoken exchange followed by a hug.
I am back in the familiar now-I am in the present-back in a place of gratitude and marvel. #For Life as You Know It Can Change In a Moment.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
One year ago this evening I wrote about anticipation as we settled into a hospital hotel room in New York City. It was Columbus Day 2013 and when I went to bed that evening it was the realization of a dream that had begun 8 years prior. The next morning we were off to capitalize on what amounted to dozens of phone calls, hundreds of emails and thousands of hours of research – culminating in a resounding yes and acceptance into a research study for altered states of consciousness. Those 4 days spent cocooned in the bosom of science did not disappoint for we emerged altered. Altered, not visibly on the outside, but within where all real changes occur. And the catalyst for that change was knowledge. More knowledge was amassed in those 96 hours than in all the time prior. Alas there was no magic pill, no instant cure. What there was – was opportunity, for growth, for metamorphosis. Information, confirmation – which in turn gave us direction to spread our wings, expand and fly.
I closed my blog one year ago saying Carly Simon when writing about Anticipation said “We can never know about the days to come” – I said then, and I repeat now – and you’ll never know unless you get out there and try.
