Better Not Bitter

It was July 30th, 2021 my life changed drastically and it will never be the same. I was in the gym working out and I had an arteriovenous malformation stroke (AVM), the bleeding of the brain. It was a birth defect I knew nothing about. I was impaired physically and not cognitively. I was in a wheelchair for three months before I could learn to walk again. While in rehabilitation for over two years, five hours each day five days each week, I was able to build up the left side of my body and make it stronger before I was discharged October 31, 2023.  

 As I look back on my road to recovery, my stroke has been a blessing in disguise. For we know all things work together for the good to those who love the Lord and called according to His purpose. In my book titled Life Is Good Post Stroke I Am Now Better Not Bitter. I allowed my pain to be God’s purpose to help thousands of people. Pre stroke, I was afraid to talk to people in a wheelchair. Now, I not only can empathize with them, I have friends and colleagues in wheelchairs and I love to talk to them, encourage them and be a model for them.  As I write my 2nd book post stroke, it’s purpose is to encourage people to overcome adversity and to keep hope alive. I once prayed for God to help me take just one step but 8 million steps later, now I’m writing a book called 10,000,000 Steps Closer To Jesus which will be published by Spring 2025.  As I refresh people, I too am refreshed. I see my experience as a temporary setback for a major comeback.  There is a chance I might not get back to my old self and I am now okay with that.  I have accepted my new normal.  Life is good.  I’m now better not bitter.  

Leroy McClure