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Catching Up With Myself: A Reflection on Healing
It’s been a while since I’ve written. When I finally sat down again, I realized how much life had quietly unfolded—through healing, growth, and moments I didn’t expect. This is a gentle catching up with myself.
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When I Walk
Sometimes I walk in silencenot because I have nothing to say,but because I need to listen. The world has its own language. Wind moving softly through the trees. Footsteps finding their rhythm again. The steady reminderthat I am still here. After my stroke,I learned peace doesn’t always arrive through words. Sometimes it comes through noticing…
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Life After a Stroke Begins in a Snap
Just 40 seconds—and everything can change. Pause and think about your family, your friends, your coworkers. How many of them have experienced life after a stroke without you even knowing? Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. Every 3 minutes and 14 seconds, someone loses their life to one. These numbers are…
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When the World Went Quiet, the Music Played
When words disappeared after my stroke, music became something more than comfort—it became connection, memory, and healing. This reflective poem shares how seventies music helped me reconnect with language, identity, and pieces of myself I thought were lost.
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One Step at a Time
Sixteen years ago, my life changed forever. Life after stroke has taught me that healing rarely happens all at once. It unfolds slowly—one step, one moment, one hard-earned victory at a time. My stroke did not take my ability to walk, but it took something just as important: my words. More than 75% of my…
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Cocoon of Healing
Cocoon of Healing is my poem about retreat, silence, and slowly breaking open into life again. I wrote it in the quiet spaces where I disappeared. I also wrote it in the fragile moments when I began to hope again. I didn’t mean to disappear.It just happenedslowly.As exhaustion added up,as the silence settled in,as the…
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Lost Words, Found Strength
The world was full of words, but I was lost in silence. Stroke took my voice and language—yet I refused to stay lost. I searched for them everywhere—in conversations, on signs, in books I once loved. Each word I found was a step toward reclaiming not just my language, but my identity. Aphasia affects more…
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Emotional Challenges After Stroke Recovery
When most people think about stroke recovery, they picture the physical side of healing—rehabilitation, movement, speech therapy, and learning how to navigate daily life again. What often goes unseenare the emotional challenges that follow. Loneliness becomes part of the journey. Mental exhaustion settles in quietly. Grief appears too, especially while trying to rebuild a life…
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Struggling to Find Myself After My Stroke
A personal letter reflecting on the emotional reality of stroke recovery—identity loss, loneliness, communication struggles, and the quiet resilience required to keep finding yourself again after life changes completely.
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Whispers of a Wish
Some wishes are spoken aloud. Others live quietly in the heart. This deeply personal poem reflects the longing to be seen, heard, and understood while holding onto hope through life’s most difficult seasons.