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Smile. Take a deep breath. Ooh that felt good. Take another one. Smile again....your beautiful gift of another day is here. It is your choice to make it awesome. You woke up. Some people didn’t. If you hit the snooze....well that is one habit worth losing. Why delay a great day? I know. I’ve snoozed a lot during my life. Set your alarm for the time you really mean to get up. Or just get up :) Perhaps getting up when that alarm sounds the first time will allow you those extra moments to have your

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2018

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As I sit here on the deck on this bright and early Friday morning, I smile with gratitude. The Elkhorn South Marching band is hard at work performing a beautiful Friday morning concert. The whole neighborhood can hear it I’m sure. Lots of hard work and dedication. I hear them practicing at 7 AM Monday through Friday. Sometimes I hear them again later in the evening. For me it is always a much-appreciated concert. Sometimes it is just the simple moments that give you time to reflect and

September

2018

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I had a Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Stroke on Thursday, May 10, 2018, but the signs started on May 6th. It started with a headache that radiated down the back of my head. I began to have an ear ache so I thought I might have an ear infection. It was a Sunday and we were celebrating my moms birthday, so I just took Tylenol.  By Monday, pain started in my neck which felt like I had pulled a muscle. That made since to me because we had been doing a lot of yard work the week before. I just

September

2018

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I am 27 years old, I am a stroke survivor and I wouldn't change it if I could. I UNDERSTAND your struggle and at times you may feel alone but YOU ARE NOT alone! If you haven't already, then at some point there's a good chance you'll start asking yourself "why me?", "why do I have to go through this?", "what did I  do to deserve this?". I know this because for a very short period of time following my stroke I asked myself these exact questions. I started thinking back to my childhood,

September

2018

13

My day started out as an ordinary day in the beautiful island country Aruba. While on vacation and taking in all of God’s amazing things to see and do there, I embarked upon a 132 feet below sea level tourist Submarine Dive. At the time, I was completely unaware, that this submarine dive would be the cause of my life being changed forever. Immediately following that dive I felt quite dizzy, nauseated, and disoriented and decided to rest. I didn’t give any further thought to the dive and the

September

2018