Sally Stap

Smiling Again (eBook, ePUB)

Coming Back to Life and Faith After Brain Surgery

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The "poignant account of one woman's struggle for health and faith-and the tireless devotion of family" in the face of a devastating illness (Peter DeHaan, PhD). Sally Stap was living a happy life with a successful career, juggling the usual concerns about job, daughters, and everyday obligations. But her world was shattered when she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma-a benign but large brain tumor that would require a major invasive operation to remove. Smiling Againis a story of perseverance and appreciating the beauty of life in spite of pain. Writing with a poignant blend of honesty, dry humor, faith, and inquisitiveness, Sally recounts the shock of diagnosis, the long and painful process of recovery, her eventual retirement due to disability, and ultimately the contentment she found in accepting a new life journey. No matter what trials you may face, Sally's experience teaches us that even when the worst happens, God is still present and visible-sometimes in unexpected ways. Your future self may be different from who you were before, but those changes can lead you in new and rewarding directions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Morgan James Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781614487975
• Artikelnr.: 39975173

Autorenporträt

Sally Stap is a writer living in Michigan. She began her writing careerafter brain surgery and a long, ongoing recovery brought her Information Technology career to a halt. During her years as an IT consultant,Sally published magazine articles on outsourcing and pharmaceuticalregulatory issues and spent a considerable part of her careerinterpreting information technology jargon for business organizationsthrough written documentation and oral presentations. Struggling withhead pain, facial paralysis, and single-sided deafness, she turned towriting to capture her experience. Her right brain, subservient to herleft brain throughout her career, now regularly finds a voice throughwriting, as Sally strives to interpret her emotions and experiencesthrough words. Sally is a member of the Kalamazoo ChristianWriter's critique group and the Wordweavers and FaithWritersorganizations near her home in Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: A Diagnosis from Left Field
Chapter 2: Delivering Big News
Chapter 3: Waiting for Answers
Chapter 4: Taking in Mayo Clinic
Chapter 5: The Blog Begins
Chapter 6: Final Prep
Chapter 7: Heading into the Fire
Chapter 8: Mayo Days: Monday
Chapter 9: Mayo Days: Tuesday
Chapter 10: Mayo Days: Wednesday
Chapter 11: Mayo Days: Thursday
Chapter 12: Mayo Days: Friday
Chapter 13: Mayo Days: The Weekend
Chapter 14 Mayo Days: Monday
Chapter 15: Hello, World
Chapter 16: Things to Be Thankful For
Chapter 17: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Chapter 18: The Philosopher Speaks
Chapter 19: Michigan Winter
Chapter 20: The New Year Arrives
Chapter 21: Waiting for Healing
Chapter 22: Return to Mayo at Three Months
Chapter 23: A Typical Day with Headaches
Chapter 24: Moving Forward and Rejoining Life
Chapter 25: One Tiny Movement
Chapter 26: An Eye-Opening Symposium
Chapter 27: Addressing Facial Synkinesis
Chapter 28: It's Only the Beginning
Chapter 29: Return to the Woods