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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring: Why the old man couldn’t get up in the morning
Disclaimer: Read no further if you have a special fondness for nursery rhymes and do not wish to have one ruined for you permanently. Today I awoke to a rainy morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, and...
View ArticleApathy around National Stroke Awareness Month is real
I have spent the past week debating whether to post publicly about an email I received from The State (South Carolina’s most widely distributed daily newspaper). Ultimately, I concluded that it was...
View ArticleReflecting On Stroke Anniversaries
Usually I associate the familiar phrase “The days are long, but the years are short” with the raising of children. It’s astonishing how exhausting days are with the sleep-deprivation that accompanies...
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Love Is: Why Luke Perry’s Death Disturbs A Generation
Have you ever had the experience of going five, ten, maybe even 20 years and not given a single thought to something, only to find that when it pops up on your radar again, it repetitively re-enters...
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Fear accompanies loss of control, in Covid-19 and in stroke
In 2012, I walked through a cemetery in Cashion, Oklahoma, eager to find the final resting places of my grandmother’s seven siblings and many other long since departed ancestors and relatives. My...
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Early morning thoughts about cerebellar stroke patients
I awoke to the sound of my 13 month old son on the baby monitor at 3:01AM today. His nickname is Baby Shark, and therefor the baby monitor is known as the “Shark Cam” in our house. And as happens with...
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