Today is one year since the stroke! In this one year, I have relearnt how to sit up, how to walk, how to tie my hair up, how to do up buttons, how to tie shoelaces, how to walk up and down stairs, how to do up bra straps, how to type.
In this one year, I have spent a lot of money on doctors, had a lot of blood tests, had a few scans and a few probes.
In this one year, I have raised $9300 for the National Stroke Foundation, relearnt how to ride a bike, got fit, done interviews with people for a book I want to write, and submitted applications for a PhD and made travel plans for 2010.
In this one year, I have realised all over again how incredibly amazing life is. How that there are shit things that happen and things don’t go according to plan and that sometimes there really are days that suck, but that’s okay. That doesn’t stop life from being so incredibly wonderful and it doesn’t stop being alive being the best thing of all.
I really, really love being alive.
