A very Merry Christmas to all and wishing you all a Happy New Year 2013!! I know from experience all of us here are just hanging on day by day in trying to recover from a stroke or trying to give all the love we have in our hearts to care for our loved ones whom have survived a stroke or in many cases more than one stroke!!

The one thing we all got in common is we survived and we are trying our very best to Talk, Walk, and recover as a survivor in speech, occupational, and physical therapy with what little we got left of our bodies!! I sorta think we came through hell but finally on the road to recovery in a bed, a wheel chair, a cane or already up to using a walker or motorized scooter to get about as best we can!!!

We now know a stroke is no joke and it takes plenty time to make a decent recovery where we can care for ourselves some but still need a care giver close by at all times for comfort in the home or a care facility where we feel good being there!!!

When we look at the big things all year long we want happiness and peace in the family!! When that's present we then look for healing in our minds and recovering in our bodies and our functions in legs and arms to help us be more mobile and our ability to speak and say what we are thinking and trying to overcome!!

When we accomplish all of that a merry Christmas is ours to claim with our families, kids and friends alike!! When we really look at it, all we have is life (we survived) our family and perhaps a few true friends for life, the others are already gone and we know not where!

That should not keep us from having a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year!! I and others here like to say and think Jesus is the reason for the season and our joy to the world and all mankind!!

We remember our moms, dads, sisters, brothers and many other family members and kids we may have lost over the years!! Through it all the days and the nights are ours to behold and give thanks we are still here on earth to celebrate another Christmas and a New Year a coming!!

I say now Peace and Joy to all of you as we celebrate in our own ways, traditions and faiths!!! Behold Christmas time is here upon us to enjoy!!! Six days later the New Year Appears!!!! 2013! Time waits for no one!!!!!