CONNIE SMITH
Connie Smith has just written a very personal book about her experiences when she had a stroke in 2000. It is called “Great Gobs of Goose Grease,” and here in Connie’s own words, is the description of her book:
Let's start at a time when
I could
not remember anything after having a stroke ... that is why I'm
writing: in hopes of helping someone else who felt like me. In the
first place, I was way too young (I was 52), and now I've heard so many
stories about much younger people having lived through strokes and
their recoveries. Hopefully I'll make someone else feel a little better
than when I started down this path ... I didn't know a soul well enough
and the subject of stroke was way out there in never-
There are lots and lots of
people
out there who look privileged. Some might be living a lie and in debt
up to their ever-
run uphill for the last 14,000 miles in their work boots you don't know. Only the man upstairs knows. So ... this is my story. It's the only one I have on the subject, and this is not from a doctor's point of view. This is my recovery and what I went through up to now. Now is awfully great, I must say!
This first thing I remember was ... vaguely ... that someone told me that I had had a stroke. I believe that I was still so out of it that it wasn't that upsetting. (That part came later.) It was five weeks of my life that medicine took away. They gave me a shot or put something in my drip so that I could not remember what I had gone through. In time I heard the whole story and I know that it was a good decision.
Here is what Connie’s husband, Steve, has said about her book, “This is a book that shows how a person’s life can change in an instant. It shows how ordinary people who are confronted with overwhelming obstacles can triumph with a positive attitude and hard work, then become an inspiration to everyone around them.”
Bobbi McKenna, who coached
Connie
with writing her book, said, “Connie’s book is a
charming, inspiring and humor-
To order a copy of the new 84-page edition of “Great Gobs of Goose Grease,” send $9.95 to Connie Smith, 779 East 9400 South #123, Sandy, UT 84094. You can also order online at http://www.atlasbook.com