We’ve really been struggling for the past two weeks. We had planned to start a social media campaign on June 1st -- for Aphasia Awareness month. What could be more central to our work than helping people to understand aphasia -- the communication disability that...
It’s been almost 7 weeks since we and the rest of the Bay Area were told to “shelter in place” on March 17th. Sharing some reflections about our jumbled emotions....
We were very honored recently when Stephanie Mohl, VP of the American Stroke Association (ASA), invited us to present Identity Theft to the ASA National Advisory Committee. They were meeting in Los Angeles on the day before the start of the 2020 International Stroke Conference, one of...
On December 23, my mom and I hosted an AMA on Reddit. Through this forum, Redditors could directly (and anonymously) ask my mom any question they wanted, while I helped type out the answers. I thought this would be the perfect way for my mom...
Steve and I just returned from 3 days in Washington DC with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. About every two years they “storm the hill”, bringing advocates with a passion for heart health to meet with house and senate members who can help drive...
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Life has been busy. Lots of good stuff. Also some down times. I talk in Identity Theft about how much it helps to “look forward not back”, but also how it’s really hard NOT to look back from time to time. Right now, I’m on a...
I had a great vacation week at Lake Tahoe around the 4th of July. Mixed emotions, of course – it is, after all, where I had my stroke. But I love it there. I can’t enjoy it the same way I used to, but that doesn’t mean I...
Almost four years ago when I started negotiating with publishers for this book, I accepted what I was told – the audiobook won’t come out right away. We have to see how the book is selling, I was told, and then decide if we’ll invest...
What can I say – it’s a very exciting day!!! The official release date of Identity Theft -Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke. It was very cool when I first got to hold the physical book in my hands about two weeks ago (advance author copies), but today feels...
Less than a week to go until Identity Theft hits the shelves next Tuesday, May 14th. I’m nervous! I’m flying today to Seattle for a gathering of the May Meaning Meeting – a group of academics that have been meeting for more than 10 years – people who want...