How a Stroke Straightened My Priorities: Gratitude Lights the Way

It was Easter Sunday morning almost four years ago. I was picking up my then 86-year-old mother and bringing her to my place for the afternoon. On the way home, while driving on Interstate-95, I had a stroke. I wasn’t feeling stressed…

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Writer. Creative. Thinker. Humorist. Author of POUND RIDGE PAST, contributor to HuffPost + “Bonni Brodnick Blog” -ger (bonnibrodnick.com). Proud Stroke Survivor

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How a Stroke Straightened My Priorities: Gratitude Lights the Way

It was Easter Sunday morning almost four years ago. I was picking up my then 86-year-old mother and bringing her to my place for the afternoon. On the way home, while driving on Interstate-95, I had a stroke. I wasn’t feeling stressed…

More from Bonni Brodnick

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