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Emily Steffens, middle, and her parents, Melanie and Larry Dobson. Emily writes a column for the Star Herald and was recently given the “Special Recognition Award” by the Towards Zero Deaths program in Mankato.
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'I still have a lot to offer,' columnist says after traumatic brain injury
By Katie Lauer
klauer@postbulletin.com
“I felt alone and sad and scary and sick and not right at all,” Emily Steffens, of Dodge Center, wrote in her award-winning newspaper column Oct. 31. “I felt like I had no meaning in my life.”
The 37-year-old writes a weekly column, “It’s My Life – Living with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury,” for the Star Herald in Dodge Center, about her life after she was in a car crash without a seat belt in 1999.
“Writing my column helps me see that my life is still good,” she continued to write. “I still ...
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General Assignment Reporter - Katie joined the Post Bulletin in June 2018. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism and has written for the Pioneer Press, Minnesota Daily and Lillie News. She is always thinking about coffee, concerts and C.J. Cregg.