so still und so verlogen gingst du fort...

und wo immer du auch gerade bist, du zeigst mir, dass Stille jetzt dein Freund geworden ist

a crumb of normality

trying to get into the groove

to the stroke

...I'm not the same as before you arrived in my life, but you didn't beat me. For a few days after the stroke, I thought I wouldn't make it, but then I decided to fight, to get back as much life as possible. Don't get me wrong, life is much, much harder and way more complicated now, but I'm painting and sewing again, and those activities will help me survive.

first paintings post stroke

Almost four months post stroke, I'm thankful to have some control over my left hand again.Painting would have been very difficult with one hand only, and I don't see how I could have survived without painting and sewing. I can take a lot in terms of handicaps, but living without painting I couldn't have accepted.