2DAY MARKS 3 YRS. SINCE MY STOKE. IT'S MY "STROKE-A-VERSARY." WHAT A WEIRD HOLIDAY. MAYBE U COULD TELL FROM MY POST ABOUT "CHOC. CAKE DAY, BUT I'M A KID AT HEART & LOVE HOLIDAYS. BUT, LIKE MEMORIAL DAY, IT CAN BE A DAY SET ASIDE 2 MOURN "WHAT WAS" FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MARK'S PERSPECTIVE, OR EVEN A FRIEND'S PERSPECTIVE. BUT "A-VERSARY" SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A YEARLY CELEBRATION. LIKE "ANNIVERSARY," IT SHOULD BE HAPPY. IT'S A MATTER, AGAIN, OF PERSPECTIVE. U MAY FIND THIS FASCINATING, BUT AFTER MY STROKE, I WAS OBVIOUSLY AWARE I COULDN'T MOVE, TAALK, OR SEE, & I KNEW SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED, BUT 4 MONTHS—UNTIL I WAS HOME—I DIDN'T KNOW THE CAUSE WAS A STROKE (LOOKING BACK, AFTER TALKING ABOUT THIS, I'VE HAD A SLOW RECOLLECTION & KNOW NOW WHEN I WAS TOLD; BUT I THOUGHT A STROKE WAS WRONG, BECAUSE I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS, I WAS YOUNG, & I WAS HEALTHY), BUT I NEVER NEW THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT. I CLEARLY RECALL DISCUSSING HOW REMODELLING R HOUSE IN INDY MEANT CHANGING R LAUNDRY RM. I LOVED R NEW WALLPAPER BORDER & WOULDN'T HEAR OF IT. I'LL NEVER 4GET MARK COMMENTING HOW IMPRESSED HE'D BE IF, IN UNDER A YEAR, I COULD AGAIN DO LAUNDRY. I THOUGHT, "WHY?" IN MY MIND, –IT WAS TEMPORARY. NOW, I JUST WISH ” TEMPORARY ” WAS FASTER! EVERYTHING WAS JUST OBSTACLES I WOULD OVERCOME. SO, A "STROKE-A-VERSARY" IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE. I CAN THINK & COMPARE & MOURN THEN & NOW, OR I CAN C ALL I'VE DONE IN JUST 3 YRS. & MOVE ON!