“These are remarkable stories of both disaster and courage. They are told in people's own words and the story of Dr. Lilly's recovery from his own brain injury is riveting. Dr. Ralph Lilly was an amazing man  and by great good fortune his wife Joyce was able to put together this compendium of personal tales of what it is like to survive and heal, always with the help of others --- one's guardian angels. I urge you to read this valuable, extraordinary book.”    

—Paulette Jiles, News of the World

“Dr. Lilly concisely describes the unique experience of TBI families. He writes, “Somewhere early on came a concept I will never forget. I had died and that somehow my body had been replaced by a similar but not identical person.” The families see the form of the person they love but experience the personality of someone new. It is a heartbreaking transition to embrace the concept that the “first life” person is gone. 

Dr. Lilly was instrumental in helping me accept this change and move forward.” 

—Karen Conti, mother of a teenage TBI patient of Dr. Lilly 

“Ralph Lilly was a trained neurologist who not only survived a serious brain injury himself but reinvented his focus to care for patients with serious brain injuries. I knew him well. He cared for his patients with equanimity, kindness, patience, and an insight like no other. In this book, Ralph tells his story and allows his patients and their Healers to tell theirs. As if in a conversation with the reader, we learn of mighty struggles to recover and then to adapt. This was accomplished always with hope and finally with hope fulfilled.

—Guy Clifton MD, Principal, ACTIN Care Groups

"The book skillfully blends a neurologist’s story of dealing with his own, profound disability with his growth and adaptation to allow him to continue to heal others and, in the doing, heal himself, combined with his wife Joyce Lilly’s love, growth and flexibility. These are indeed magnificent stories of human capacity and change. This is an uplifting and remarkable read — and a love story in its own right."

 — Barbara Radnofsky, attorney and author, A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment