Well I have finally made it to today…….the LAST DAY of the first part of my life.  I now intend to enter into the second and make it all worthwhile.

Tomorrow morning I will enter the first day of ONE YEAR of BOOTCAMP.  I have earnestly thought and prayed about this, and am committed to beating the effects of the stupid stroke and damage once and for all.  I just need to be myself and I haven’t been able to be that for quite some time.

It is also well fitting to me to be starting all this tomorrow……it is my grandma’s birthday and her and my grandpa’s anniversary……..God bless both their souls.  It is always a meaningful day to me, and I want to give thanks to God for my crazy Easter breakdown and CT scan that delayed my start of boot camp till tomorrow….otherwise I would have started just after Easter.

But I am asking for your support……in thought and in prayer, and really if you want just plain old cash….but no restaurant gift cards!  Yes, THAT is an OLD JOKE OF MINE and one that has not EVER produced ANY cash, but one that I always think is funny…..and apparently that means only I think it is funny.

I have had a miserable 5 years since my stroke, with a lot of setbacks, a lot of struggle and a LOT of pain……but in the end, I believe it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.  I am not delusional, and I am a winner…..I always have been and I always will be.  I will hold my head high and I will beat the hell out of all of this.  I even ordered my boot camp t-shirt one size smaller than I currently wear.

Bad stuff happens.  Life isn’t fair…..in fact, some times it totally SUCKS……as mine has at times.  But I want to encourage you.  As Darius Rucker sings in the great Hootie and the Blowfish song Hold My Hand,  “I said get up, and let me see you smile.  Well take a walk together, walk the road awhile, because I’ve gotta hand for you.”

Let’s make this a time of encouragement and victory.  I ask you to join me.

Goodnight and God Bless!

Tommy+