Acceptance - a life changed by stroke

 

Dr Murray Seiffert who encouraged me to publish the poems wrote,

 'Take off your shoes when you read these poems.
Take them off , for you are on sacred ground.
Helen treats us to the privilege of seeing her soul's response to the winter of 1987. As always we rejoice at the coming of spring.
Relax, read patiently. Poetry is to be experienced. Listen to the words. Listen to the silences.
Helen speaks to us all. Having been called to the exalted vocation of teacher , Helen continues to lead us along new paths.
Thank you Helen, for every time you lifted your wrist, isolated the appropriate finger and struck the right key of your word processor.'

Helen wrote, 'I used the word Acceptance because I believe this was a gift given to me by God immediately following the stroke. It had happened, it couldn't be changed and I had two choices, wallow in self pity or get on and try and recovery. I chose the second option. This didn't mean I found things easy far from it and at times I was in the depth of despair but I was not alone. I had support of family and friends and I knew that God was with me. At that time I didn't know the outcome and when I couldn't pray I knew others were praying for me'.

Contact Helen McIntosh for further details about Acceptance - a life changed by stroke, An Interrupted Lunch - a story of stroke rehabilitation and Grandpa's Had A Stroke.

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