Posts in ‘2010’

Today, some 200 days after my wife’s stroke first occurred, something special happened. She was able to give all three of her kids a 2-armed hug.  She couldn’t feel that it was happening with her right arm, but they could.  She had to be able to see where to get her arm, but each of […]

You all are very special. There aren’t enough words to say what I’d like to say. So, I’ll simply say “Thank you”. There have been many folks who have helped us get to where we’re at.  I truly believe that without their help and support, we wouldn’t be here. At the drop of a hat, […]

Ok, so there’s a couple of people who’ve pinged me for help recently, either cancer or strokes.  I sent them essentially spam, as the thoughts occurred to me, and kept emailing them.  I don’t want anyone to feel as helpless as I felt sitting there in the oncologist’s office, ER, ICU, or where ever, wondering […]

I missed some time in there, so I’ll post a couple of tidbits from the past weeks. I had planned to post on Easter. I think a lot of stroke sufferers (is that a word?) tend to stay inside a lot.  It’s somewhat embarrassing to go out and do things with folks staring and all.  […]

In case you missed it, Anissa started writing again. I’ve been a tad occupied with work, kids, wife and all things in between, so I haven’t posted lately.  Apologies.  I also wanted her to have a chance to get her “voice” going again.  She’s going to write over there, and I’m going to keep writing […]