This week I will be celebrating my three year anniversary of my October 20th stroke. I just read my blog post of my two year anniversary

 I was a funny guy back then. I have not been posting very often as I have been wrapping up my book that I have been writing.

It's actually finished with the exception of the final editing and finding out what to do as far as getting it published.

There are times just like anybody else when I feel like I am not progressing like I should. But then I remember that I am working on

  God's timetable not mine, I remember how frustrated I was that I wasn't able to stand up so I could go to the bathroom. It all came

 around in the time that it was meant to be. It's like the seasons, you can't rush them.

I have been noticing though, a noticeable improvement in control with my left hand. Just today I was carrying five gallon containers

filled with stuff with both hands from my car to my back yard. Before when I would attempt to grasp and carry something like that the

 pain would have been so severe that I would need to stop right away and if I didn't, I would lose control and the item would slip from

my grip.

There is an order for all things. The trick is to not let frustration get the better of you and to never give up.

I realize that that is easier said than done however using the example of the pain in my hand, I can totally understand how and why

 some people never regain control over their affected limbs. It becomes so painful and so difficult that it is simply easier to find other

ways of doing things. I am learning about life. Better late than never.

BTW Mary, happy anniversary to you, too.

Bob Miller
The Stroke Coach