My 46th Birthday present
My husband, Kelley, had his third stroke two day's after my 46th birthday. He had promised to take me out to dinner that night after I had finished a clowning side job. We didn't even know he had the first two. I had noticed some personality changes in him but thought he was going through a mid life crisis. He was 58 at the time.
It may sound strange but I am almost glad that he had that stroke when he did. If he hadn't, I probably would have left him because he was acting so strange. I came to the decision that everything that had happened between us for the last two years before the stroke on 5/29/04 was ancient history. We were able to start a new life on different terms. It's kind of hard sometimes because things are so different now but when I think about how things could have turned out if he did not have the stroke I get very scared. Now that I know he's sick and not a big male jerk everything seems easier!
I never did get my birthday dinner out but that's OK. Having dinner in is pretty nice too!
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