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I heartily recommend this attitude.  This challenge gives your mind something to focus on.  Mentally, you begin to realize that you can be in control again.  Now, granted the control is not what you are used to having but it is the beginning of a great life adventure.

And remember: life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

Since I have come to live in in the convalescent home  I have had to learn many new things.  Since my last stroke in 2005 I have much difficulty getting everything to move around on my body.  At first I couldn’t even speak clearly, but after much speach therapy I got  better.  I still have trouble , but I have gotten used to the different feeling.  To See what this was like  just pretend sometime  that you can’t move around.  All of the things, you used to do  you now can’t do.  The thought is very scary.  Basically that’s what happens when you have a stroke.  One of the things people don’t realize about a stroke is you have to change your thinking.  As you once moved around without giving it a thought  now requires a great deal of thought and attention to move certain parts of your body.

In fact you have to relearn completely new steps inside your mind to move around.  God  has given us a great machine called the brain.  Believe it or not, you can actually re-program  things that have been damaged.  As for myself, I have chosen to do this. This thinking requires a great deal of effort .  Typically we are not programmed to do this.  So, those who are helping you need to be patient and understanding with you.

I heartily recommend this attitude.  This challenge gives your mind something to focus on.  Mentally, you begin to realize that you can be in control again.  Now, granted the control is not what you are used to having but it is the beginning of a great life adventure.

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I had a very hard time on Tuesday, January 20.  I am a conservative Christian.  I believe in the Bible and I try to do what it tells me and as I watched the inauguration I felt anger.  I didn’t feel anger at Obama, or his family.  But I am disappointed….  In the Democrats.
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You see I was born in 1938.  By 1948 I was only 10 years old.  So, I was a teenager in the 1950s.  That was when Ike was running for president.  My dad always worked hard.  He came home from the Pacific theater of World War II and had to find a job.  Now  We were not a wealthy family.  This was before TV was king.  Radio is what everyone listened to.  I studied hard and tried to learn the importance of voting.  I was not a real bright kid so I  did not  understand politics at all.  My dad taught me “A workmen is worthy of this hire” so I had that drilled into my character at an early age.  Along with this my dad taught me about   honesty, keeping my word, and following through on my promises.

This is how I grew up. There was just one telephone, and it was on the wall.  You had to stand up to talk on it.  There were no fast food restaurants, we had our meal at home, around the table.  We talked to one another about our day , and I ate what was put before me.  I was quite interested in Donald Duck, and Bugs Bunny, comic books, and saved them seriously.  I can remember trading comics like crazy.  Now of course this was before TV.  So we kept busy doing other things, using our imagination.

When I turned 16  I learned to drive in a 1953 Chevrolet standard transmission on the steering wheel, using a clutch.  Much to my fathers relief, the high school taught me how to drive.

People had become very independent.  I note this was an offshoot of World War II.  I was always encouraged to be independent.  People mostly took care of themselves.  I think you can see why I’m disappointed at the way things are going.  I come from a different generation, with different values.  However, I am determined to continue on with what I have been taught until my days are  over.  Thank you for reading… Vic