Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Dear friends, I am doing very well these days!! I am still trying to get back to being able to drive.  I did get the paper from my neurologist, to try for a driving evaluation.  But as I asked the Director of the Whellness center where I live and the Motherhouse coordinator, they are not too happy with my trying to do this at this time.  So I have not made the call to get the evaluation.  I think I am ready but they do not!! I will wait until I see my primary doctor and ask her to give me the request for a special program to get back to driving.  I do need to do this, since I have to get to places for events and visit my special brother and sister.  I suppose I am too anxious to move forward in my recovery.  It will be 3 years on May 21, 2008 when I suffered from a right brain aneurysm.  I have made a marvelous recovery so everyone says, but I am at a stand still right now!! I should remember that Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, who suffered from a stroke and wrote a book, " A Brain Scientist Personal Journey, says in the book that it took her 8 years to come to full recovery.  But I do not want to wait that long really!!! I GUESS I NEED PATIENCE OH MY GOD!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I WAS NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE THIS, BUT I HAVE AND TODAY I AM A LIVING MIRACLE!!! IT WAS ALL THE PRAYERS SAID FOR ME ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT BROUGHT ME BACK TODAY!! I KNOW THAT GOD HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME!!! GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME OUR GOD IS GOOD!! THANK YOU GOD!!! I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED!!!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

ALL IS WELL!!

I AM DOING VERY WELL, PRAISE GOD!! IT IS SNOWING IN AKRON, OHIO.
LAST NIGHT I SKYPED WITH LOU AND VAL, MY SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW.  JUST CATCHING UP ON THINGS.  I WILL BE GOING TO PUERTO RICO WITH MY SISTER LOU JUNE 17-25 FOR TWO WEEKS.  I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TRIP.  I HAVE NOT BEEN BACK TO P.R. FOR A WHILE. I AM USIND THE LAPTOP THAT MY FAMILY GOT FOR ME FOR CHRISTMAS AND MY BIRTHDAY IN 2009. SO I SPEND MORE TIME IN MY ROOM THAN IN THE COMPUTER ROOM DOWN STAIRS IN THE HOUSE. 

MAY 21st WILL BE MY THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY ANEURYSM OF WHICH I CAN VERY CLOSE OF BEING WITH GOD!! BUT ALL THE PRAYERS FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIVE!! TODAY I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE ALIVE, EVEN WHEN I HAD TO BEGIN MY LIVE ALL OVER AGAIN, FROM TALKING TO WALKING TO DOING THINGS FOR MYSELF!! MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALL HELPED IN MY RECOVERY!! I STILL NEED MORE WITH MY WALKING!! BUT I WENT FROM BED RIDDEN, TO A WHEEL CHAIR, TO A WALKER TO A CANE AND NOW WITHOUT A CANE.  I THINK THAT IS  A MARVELOUS RECOVERY SO SAYS MY NEUROLOGIST  FROM THE CLEVELAND CLINIC!!

The Lamb -- Tenebrae Choir

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Alicia's personal Journey: A LITTLE VACATION IN ST. LOUIS, MO

Alicia's personal Journey: A LITTLE VACATION IN ST. LOUIS, MO: "MY FRIENDS FROM ST. LOUIS, FLEW ME IN FOR A LITTLE VACATION FROM DECEMBER 16 TO JANUARY 4TH. I WILL BE CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY HERE ON..."