I woke up in the hospital surrounded by blinding lights and the sound of my husband\u2019s trembling voice. He told me I\u2019d been in a coma for months after a terrible car accident. We had been driving together when it happened, but only I had been badly hurt. Our daughter had visited often, he said, holding my hand and talking to me as if I could hear her. I didn\u2019t remember the crash at all\u2014not a second of it. At the time, I thought maybe it was a blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weeks later, once I was finally back home, life slowly began to feel familiar again. I settled into routines, cooked dinner, watched TV, and tried to pretend that everything felt normal. And for a while, it did. Until one night\u2014while chopping vegetables in the kitchen\u2014a sudden flash of memory snapped through my mind with the force of a lightning strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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