Well, all I can do is welcome you aboard cause I can NOT read the small print you used in your blog....I don't know what you said the top part is good but the rest of what you wrote is unreadable for me...... Sorry!! 

Wonderful thing to think about.

It is a goal, frustrating pursuit, a sneaking up of accomplishment that surprises me,compensation,relearning,becoming,blossoming. An uphill painful climb,a gentle glide on the winds,a great expectation,soulful howl of hope, generous bequeath by the universe, blessing by God,earned penance,a test,a quest,a journey,a mission,a procrastination. Do I mold my recovery or does it mold me. Does it happen unassisted,at home,in therapy or is it planned,predicted,practiced. Am I grateful for progress or disappointed in what is unrecovered.

Hi my name is dianne and i had my stroke 9-25-2015 yes im still learning how to deal with it. Still get depressed and not used to being home All the time, see i used to be a bb coach and a referee so walking with a cane is annoying and no use of my left arm is unbelievable.!!! I do agree that recovery is like a caterpillar slow, very slow.I can no longer do what i used to do but im very hopeful. Ive learned how to do things a different way but they get done. Im grateful that i got to the hospital right away. I get frustrated when i have problems remembering. I really hate that!!! I dont feel that i will be that coach anymore or that referee but im praying and hoping that i will.!!!

Wow Dianne, your stroke was pretty recent. Mine was in Feb 2015 and still the caterpillar time frame drives me crazy. And the same as you I have memory problems. I still have use of all my limbs but weak as ever. I try to do exercises everyday. I will never be the person I was before the stroke.