My Journal

Generosity is easy to achieve if you value yourself first.Generosity is easy if you value others.Generosity is easy to achieve if you believe in yourself. We give so much, all day, all day long, day in and night out.Sometimes we are tiredSometimes we don’t feel very generous And that is when Kindness comes inWhen another… Continue reading Generosity & Kindness & Caring & the Brain

I wanted to write a book and finish it. I did that. I wanted to show how an illness affects the whole family. I finished my part. Justine Madonna wrote the foreword. (Justine is Andrew’s wife, Teddy’s mom, my daughter-in-law.). “In-law” isn’t the best word to describe a person that has given me the love… Continue reading Justine’s Caring Words

Mark, John, and Andrew, my sons, husband, Marcel, and I watched Die Hard on Christmas Eve year after year. Even if they aren’t here on Christmas Eve, I am sure I watch it, at least for a minute or two. Bruce Willis has aphasia, just like me… with a little “a”. There are many varieties… Continue reading Aphasia with a big “A” and aphasia with a little “a”

In January 2015, I didn’t see the sunrise or sunset, not even in my dreams. That’s why I like this painting. It’s a reminder that the sun will set and come back again. My theme song is and always has been “Here Comes the Sun.” Ed Good illustrated my book. A few other paintings can… Continue reading Sunrises and Sunsets

The medical word, “stroke” is weighty. Hearing that someone has had a stroke is scary. I am not the only person who has had a stroke. My family is not the only family who faced this challenge. “Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. About 610,000 of these are first or… Continue reading Writing a Book About a Stroke

my co-chair of the Sandra Sagear Wall of Courage, filmed by John Madonna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyL5Tc_pYfA&t=25s For the last two years, the word “polio” has been a part of the discussion on Covid and Vaccines. Sandy Sagear and Jerry Trumpka, born in 1950, both contracted polio before the age of 2. Sandy and Jerry are a part… Continue reading Interview with Jerry Trumpka