The first year in our new smaller home was hard for Charlene. It was three years after her stroke, and she was still suffering from the loss of her big beautiful home, her car and her close friends at church. But after her parents moved out, she started feeling more in control of her life […]
An excerpt from my book, “One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships” The final stage is acceptance, which finally came in the third year. People often think of the stages as lasting weeks or months. They forget that the stages are responses to feelings that can last for minutes or hours, as we […]
An excerpt from my book, “One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships” Again, some therapists believe that loneliness is a part of the stage of depression, but others say it is its own next stage. It often leads to depression and it is hard to overcome when you lose your friends, your independence […]
An excerpt from my book, “One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships” The next stage is depression. Losing the quality of life you once had can cause you to wonder if life is really worth living anymore. Charlene wanted to die. You could see it in her eyes. There was no sparkle in […]
An excerpt from my book, “One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships” Some therapists believe that guilt is a part of the third stage of bargaining, but others say it is its own fourth stage. I think Charlene wondered if she caused her own stroke by any lifestyle or behavior decisions that she […]
