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Counting the days while my mind slips away, a love letter to my family, Ben Utecht with Mark Tabb

eng

autobiography

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no index present

non fiction

Counting the days while my mind slips away

Ben Utecht with Mark Tabb

a love letter to my family

"Ben Utecht has accumulated a vast treasure of memories: tossing a football in the yard with his father; meeting his wife, with whom he'd build a loving partnership and bring four beautiful daughters into the world; writing and performing music; catching touchdown passes from quarterback Peyton Manning; and playing in a Super Bowl watched by ninety-three million people. But the game he has built his living on, the game he fell in love with as a child, is taking its toll in a devastating way. At least five major concussions--and an untold number of micro-concussions--mean Ben has suffered multiple mild traumatic brain injuries that have erased important memories. Knowing that his wife and daughters could someday be beyond his reach, and desperate for them to understand how much he loves them, he recorded his memories for them to hold on to after his essential self is gone. [This book] chronicles his remarkable journey from his early days throwing a football back and forth with his father to speaking about the long-term effects of concussions before Congress, and how his faith keeps him strong and grounded as he looks toward an uncertain future."--Front flap of jacket