Two months ago tonight I suffered a major stroke. These photographs were a few days later once I got to rehab and out of the hospital and ICU. The other two photos are from today. I’ve come along way and I still have a long way to go.. I am a prideful man, and these are not the most flattering photographs in existence, but they are part of my journey and experience in life. To say the least, I have been through a lot over the last decade.. dealing with the loss of my wife and love of my life, Dawne, dealing with her addiction, my struggles to move forward and come to terms with her death, and on the accumulation and constant stress, distress, emotional upheaval and turmoil, and the constant emotional and psychological abuse from someone else, all of it piled on and had a direct impact on the reason why I had a major stroke. As I’ve always tried to find positives and everything, this is a reset or restart a refresh and a reboot. It is my chance to restore and reclaim my life. In a case, I didn’t mention it, I’m awake I’m alive and I’m breathing, for me life is good. I had it. I beat it. I survived it. I am tougher than a stroke.